An eminent historian offers a sweeping look at Europe’s tumultuous twentieth century, showing how the rejection of violence after World War II transformed a continent In the last decade we’ve seen an ever-widening rift between the United States and Europe, most visibly over Iraq. But as James J. Sheehan reminds us in his timely book, it wasn’t always thus. How did America and Europe come to take such different paths? In Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? Stanford historian Sheehan charts what is perhaps the most radical shift in Europe’s history. For centuries, nations defined themselves by their willingness and ability to wage war. But after World War II, Europe began to redefine statehood, rejecting ballooning defense budgets in favor of material well-being, social stability, and economic growth. Sheehan reveals how and why this happened, and what it means for America as well as the rest of the world. Succinct yet broad in scope, Sheehan’s authoritative history provides much-needed context for understanding the fractured era in which we live.
美国斯坦福大学迪卡森人文学教授、历史学教授,美国历史学会前主席。专注于德国和现代欧洲史。著有多部关于德国历史、现代欧洲的书籍。
世界无时无刻不在发展之中,经济的好坏直接影响着世界的和平和稳定,它就像一个天平一样,只有各个国家相对平衡时才会趋向于稳定,当它偏向任何一边的时候,带来的轻是各国之间的贸易摩擦,严重的就是各国之间的战争,只有利益互有限制才会带来和平的发展。 这本书就是已战争...
评分从古至今,战争从未停歇,为了利益人们失去了理智,但是同时战争也给人们带来了很大的损失。在历史上的欧洲,有着大大小小无数的战争,几乎每一次文化更替都和战争有关。作者通过本书把历史中战争的转变表现出来,通过每一次事件的起因与后果,把暴力的衰落过程直观的告诉读者...
评分历史是在同一个世界里,由人类在过去岁月里经历过的故事。这些故事的缔造者们或正义,或邪恶,故事的本身或精彩,或乏味,我们这些看客十分敬业,关注着故事情节是否曲折,人物主角是否伟大,结局是否圆满,我们痴迷自己的看客身份,在对这部过去的历史品头论足时,却很...
评分文/王大宝 看了这本书其实对战争有了不一样的了解。又想到了《三体》里面的“黑暗森林体系”。森林里面的猎手是没有办法建立起绝对信任的,所以要做的就只是让自己变得强大。发现威胁,消灭威胁。战争便是基于这种逻辑,而和平的逻辑呢?如果不是绝对信任,那就只有绝对威胁了...
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