书目

SmallWars,FarAwayPlaces

内容简介

ThecollapseofWesterncolonialempiresinthetwentyyearsaftertheSecondWorldWarledtoaseriesofviciousstrugglesforpower-inAfrica,AsiaandtheMiddleEast-whosebloodyconsequenceshauntusstill.AcclaimedhistorianMichaelBurleigh'sbrilliantanalyticskillsandcleareyeforcommonthemesunderpinsthispowerfulaccountofthoseconflicts.HetakesusonahistoricaljourneyfromAlgeriatoCuba,fromMalaysiatoPalestine,andfromKenyatoVietnamand,insodoing,hereframesmid-twentieth-centuryhistorybyforcingustolookawayfromtheColdWartothehotwarsthatcontinuetoafflictus.Theresultisadazzlingworkofhistory,whichexaminesthedeathofcolonialismwithpassion,insightandgenuineunderstandingofwhatitfeelsliketobecaughtinthemiddleofrealpolitik.

作者简介

MichaelBurleighwasbornandeducatedinLondon.Hewasanacademicforeighteenyearsbeforedecidingtowritefull-timein2001.Hehaswonthreemajorfilmawardsfortelevisiondocumentaries(including'SellingMurder'whichwonaBFIaward)aswellasthe2001SamuelJohnsonPrizeforNon-Fiction.HeismarriedandlivesincentralLondonalthoughhetravelsextensively,particularlyinAsia.In2012hewontheNoninoInternationalMasterofHisTimePrize.Hisnewbook,SmallWars,FarawayPlaces:TheGenesisoftheModernWorld1945-1965willbepublishedin2012byMacmillan.

丛书

TheGenesisoftheModernWorld1945-65

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