L'ouvrage de référence sur les diplomates qui ont changé le monde. À travers une vingtaine de portraits biographiques de diplomates cardinaux, l'équipe réunie autour d'Hubert Védrine plonge dans l'histoire mondiale de la diplomatie des origines à nos jours. Écrits par des esprits d'élite – ambassadeurs, historiens e...

For more than a century readers have found Herman Melville’s writing rich with philosophical ideas, yet there has been relatively little written about what, exactly, is philosophically significant about his work and why philosophers are so attracted to Melville in particular. This volume addresses this silence throu...

本書は、山川出版社発行の日本史教科書『詳説日本史(日B309)』を英訳したものです。読みごたえのある英語で日本の歴史を学ぶことができます。 『詳説日本史』は、国内でもっとも定評がある高校日本史教科書であり、その日本通史の詳細な記述を活かして、丁寧でわかりやすい英語に翻訳しています。 本文中の歴史用語には、日本語表記も並記し...

This book covers many topics that are crucial to military planning but often receive only passing mention in histories or briefings. Collins, a former Army officer, stresses land geography, but he does not stint oceans, the atmosphere, or interplanetary space. His discussions of urban areas are too brief, given the ...

In the 1990s, states in what would become the eastern edge of the European Union transformed their political systems and economies, leaving state socialism behind for liberal democracies and free markets. In the ensuing decades, two shipyards that were once the pride of their cities – in Gdynia, Poland, and Pula, Cr...

臺灣不是世界之外， 而是世界發生的地方！ 一部從臺灣出發的全球史，看見世界如何與這座島嶼交織。 世界史不只發生在遠方，臺灣本身就是世界史的現場。 《此地即世界》帶領讀者回到臺灣的街道、港口、山脈與寺廟ーー從這些看似尋常的地方，打開一條條通向世界的隱藏航線。讓你發現，就在你熟悉的地方，發生過世界歷史。 本書選擇二十個地點，...

An in-depth study of the ground campaign led by the US and Coalition forces against Iraq in the Gulf War. In 1980, Iraq invaded Iran, precipitating an eight-year war. By the end of the 1980s, Iraq was bankrupt, having amassed enormous debts, and oil-rich neighboring Kuwait, which Iraq had long claimed was rightly pa...

以非典型史料突破传统叙事，跨学科推理补全证据链 深挖反常识细节颠覆认知，还原人物心态和历史现场 史学界"福尔摩斯"，历史推理写作开创者 李开元重磅新作，《秦谜》姊妹篇 《史记》名篇精准细读，侦破"荆轲刺秦"真伪虚实，重绘口述历史画卷 大胆假设，神游谜案，以李斯《谏逐客书》对秦朝速亡提出新解 内容简介 荆轲刺秦王为什么失败？ 如...

Flourishing Fasts is the first book in any language to explore the history of the Zhaijiao, commonly translated as “vegetarian sects,” that originated in southeastern China during the Ming and Qing dynasties and are still active in contemporary Taiwan. Combining historical analysis and ethnographic fieldwork, Nikola...

Simón Bolívar truly earned his nickname "The Liberator" for a large portion of South American people. He was a forward-thinking political figure at a time when Spain was ruling over the region that is now comprised of Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, and Colombia. Bolívar's revolutionary thoughts and belief system ...

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簡介 全球熱銷巨著《人類大歷史》 精彩改編、精美插圖，隆重推出第3冊〈歷史主宰〉 《人類大歷史：知識漫畫》系列書籍， 改編自全球暢銷2,500萬冊、譯為六十五種語文的經典巨著《人類大歷史》， 以漫畫形式，呈現妙趣横生的角色及故事， 引領讀者進行一場前所未見、兼具智識與藝術的歷史探索。 在第3冊〈歷史主宰〉裡，請繼續跟隨哈拉瑞教授...

Fought from February to December 1916, the Battle of Verdun was intended to "bleed the French white" and bring their army to the point of collapse. Instigated by the Germans under the command of General Erich von Falkenhayn, it became a war of attrition that would benefit neither side. With its devastating death tol...

On a battlefield so littered with dead bodies that General Ulysses S. Grant said it would have been possible to walk across it in any direction without a foot touching the ground, the Union Army notched a brutal but significant victory against the Confederate Army. The two-day battle, with the highest number of casu...

了解臺灣的歷史，必須「從頭講起」，從頭了解起，我們的視野拉長、拉廣了，然後當我們回頭看這個島嶼的歷史，才能更真切地感受到它的獨特，進而珍惜它的多樣性。 　　歷史需要的不是記誦，而是思考和理解。記誦的歷史，考完就忘記了，自己思考和理解過的歷史，成為你對過去的認識，也會幫助你了解現在、面對未來。 ーー作者 周婉窈 　　歷史...

内斗就要亡国，亡国也要内斗！人性的荒唐莫过于此！公元1644年三月，李自成率领的大顺军攻克北京，崇祯帝自缢。消息传到留都南京，立谁为新君的问题就变得迫在眉睫，文武官员纷纷涌动，都想在新君面前占据首功，却不想，这种各怀鬼胎的心思为南明政权留下了巨大的隐患。在武将马士英等人的拥立下，福王朱由松即位，改元弘光，而这些“定策”功...