"It would be hard to imagine a better, or more readable, analysis of United States policy over the last fifty years than Clyde Prestowitz's Rogue Nation ." --Brian Urquhart, The New York Review of Books America's democratic ideals have long been the hope of the world, but our allies increasingly see us as abandoning those ideals. It's not hard to understand why. In the months before 9/11, the United States walked away from a number of international treaties including the Kyoto Accord. After the attack, the United States turned a cold shoulder to NATO's offers to assist with the invasion of Afghanistan, unilaterally terminated the ABM treaty, and actively opposed the creation of an International Criminal Court. Then came the war on Iraq, begun despite the clear refusal of the United Nations Security Council to authorize an invasion. Obsessed with our own immediate military and economic security, we now deem institutions like NATO and the UN irrelevant. We have abandoned containment for a policy of preventive attacks on potential threats. More and more, we act alone, with little regard for the needs and goals of other nations. Rogue Nation is not an argument against American dominance or the exercise of American power. It's an argument against stupidity, arrogance, and ignorance in the exercise of power. Prestowitz explores the historical roots of the unilateral impulse and shows how it now influences every important area of American foreign policy. Even now, when the need for multilateral action has never been greater, we continue to act contrary to international law, custom, and our own best interests.
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这部作品,坦白说,我刚翻开的时候,心里是有些忐忑的。市面上这类题材的书太多了,总担心会是那种情节老套、人物脸谱化的流水账。然而,作者的处理方式却让人眼前一亮。它巧妙地避开了那些俗套的英雄主义叙事,转而将焦点放在了那种在灰色地带游走的个体身上。他们的动机不是简单的“正义与邪恶”二元对立,而是被更深层次的、近乎哲学的困境所驱动。故事的节奏控制得极佳,高潮迭起却又不失沉稳,你会感觉自己不是在看一个被设计好的剧本,而是在亲眼目睹一场真实且不可逆转的连锁反应。特别是对那些复杂权谋的描绘,没有用大段的解释来拖沓叙事,而是通过人物之间微妙的对话和眼神交流,将那股暗流涌动展现得淋漓尽致。那种紧张感是渗透在每一页纸里的,让你不得不放慢速度,细细品味那些隐藏在言辞背后的真实意图。这种对人性幽微之处的精准捕捉,使得整部书拥有了一种超越类型小说的深度,值得反复咀嚼。
评分这本书最吸引我的地方,在于它对“信任”这个主题近乎残忍的解构。在故事的语境下,信任成了一种最昂贵、也最容易被辜负的筹码。每一次联盟的建立和瓦解,都伴随着对人性的深刻拷问。我花了很长时间去揣摩那些关键的对峙场景,作者用极简的对话达成了极强的张力。没有冗余的内心独白,一切都通过行动和对话的留白来暗示。这要求读者必须保持高度的专注力,去捕捉那些潜台词,去填补叙事留下的空白。这种互动性,使得阅读过程本身变成了一种智力上的挑战和享受。它拒绝给你简单的答案,而是把选择权交给了你,让你去判断谁在撒谎,谁在忍耐,谁才是真正的大赢家。这种叙事手法,无疑是成熟且充满自信的表现,它建立在对读者智商的充分信任之上。
评分读完之后,我的脑海中久久无法散去的是那种强烈的宿命感。这不仅仅是一个关于间谍或特工的故事,它更像是一部现代悲剧,探讨了在庞大、冰冷的系统面前,个体自由意志的脆弱性。作者的笔触冷峻而精准,对场景的描绘充满了细节的质感,仿佛能闻到空气中弥漫的硝烟味和陈旧皮革的味道。我特别欣赏的是对女性角色的塑造,她们绝非传统意义上的花瓶或简单的辅助工具,而是拥有自己完整、复杂且充满矛盾的内心世界。她们的每一次选择都伴随着巨大的伦理代价,这份沉重感透过文字直击人心。情节的推进如同一个精密的钟表,每一个齿轮的咬合都精准无误,即使是看似不经意的插叙或背景交代,最终都会在关键时刻发挥出决定性的作用,这种布局的严谨性,让人不禁拍案叫绝。它成功地构建了一个令人信服的世界,一个你既渴望深入探索,又深知一旦踏入便难以全身而退的迷宫。
评分这部作品成功地营造了一种“无处可逃”的氛围,但这种压迫感并非来自外在的敌人,更多的是源于角色的自我审视和内部的撕裂。读着读着,你会发现自己开始代入角色的困境,思考在那种极端压力下,自己的底线会在哪里。它巧妙地模糊了英雄与反派的界限,每个人都有其不可告人的秘密和不得不做出的妥协。这种对道德模糊地带的探索,是这部书最宝贵的财富之一。它迫使我们跳出固有的道德框架,去理解那些“必要之恶”是如何一步步将人推向深渊的。结局的处理更是高明,没有给出圆满的大团圆,而是留下了一个充满回响的开放式空间,让你在合上书页很久之后,仍然能听到那些未尽的话语和未完的较量在脑海中回荡。这是一种高级的艺术留白,让人回味无穷,也让人期待作者未来能带来更多这样引人深思的作品。
评分从文学性的角度来看,这部作品的语言风格是极具辨识度的。它不像某些畅销书那样追求华丽的辞藻堆砌,而是采用了一种克制、内敛但力量感十足的笔调。句子结构时而如同短促的枪声,节奏急促,充满压迫感;时而又拉长成一段悠远的沉思,将历史的厚重感和个人的迷茫感交织在一起。这种节奏的对比和反差,极大地增强了故事的感染力。我尤其注意到了作者在处理动作场面时的冷静,他没有沉溺于血腥或夸张的描绘,而是专注于动作背后的策略和环境的利用,这使得每一次冲突都显得更加真实和致命。它不是一场无脑的打斗,而是一盘步步为营的棋局,即使是搏命的近身战,也充满了计算和预判。这种对细节的打磨,让即便是对同类型题材不太感冒的读者,也会被其独特的叙事质感所吸引。
评分Good introduction to various controversial U.S. policies all over the world while I couldn't agree with the conclusion which seems overly unrealistic.
评分Good introduction to various controversial U.S. policies all over the world while I couldn't agree with the conclusion which seems overly unrealistic.
评分Good introduction to various controversial U.S. policies all over the world while I couldn't agree with the conclusion which seems overly unrealistic.
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评分Good introduction to various controversial U.S. policies all over the world while I couldn't agree with the conclusion which seems overly unrealistic.
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