A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH SPEAKING PEOPLES SINCE 1900
Book ID/图书代码： 10010006B08438
English Summary/英文概要： Winston Churchill’s History of the English-Speaking Peoples, in four volumes, ended in 1900. Andrew Roberts, Wolfson History prize-winner and superb narrative historian, has been inspired by Churchill’s example to write the story of the 20th century. In his preface Churchill wrote: ’Every nation or group of nations has its own tale to tell. Knowledge of the trials and struggles is necessary to all who would comprehend the problems, perils, challenges, and opportunities which confront us today ...It is in the hope that contemplation of the trials and tribulations of our forefathers may not only fortify the English-speaking peoples of today, but also play some small part in uniting the whole world, that I present this account.’ As the greatest of all the trials and tribulations of the English-speaking peoples took place in the twentieth century, Roberts’ book covers the four world-historical struggles in which the English-speaking peoples have been engaged - the wars against German Nationalism, Axis Fascism, Soviet Communism and now the War against Terror. But just as Churchill did in his four volumes, Roberts also deals with the cultural, social and political history of the English global diaspora - comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the West Indies. Keeping to Churchill’s definition it does not cover India, where there are 180 languages of which English is only that of the elite. But India’s story overlaps with that of Britain and is fully dealt with in that context.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 温斯顿 丘吉尔所写的《说英语民族的历史》包含四册，于1990年写作完成。安德鲁 罗勃特，不仅是沃尔夫森历史学奖的获得者，也是一位高超的历史叙事学家。由于一直受到丘吉尔这本书的灵感启发而写一本关于20世纪的记实故事。在《说英语民族的历史》前言之中丘吉尔写到：“每一个国家或者是民族都有自己的故事要说，某些考验或者是战争的信息对所有人来说都是有必要知道的，因为他们可以借鉴这些知识来解决所面临的问题，迎接机遇和挑战。我之所以将这些事情告诉人们，是希望人们能够仔细思考曾经经历过的艰苦岁月和先辈们曾经遭受的苦难。我希望这种思考不仅能够促进一些英语国家的发展，而且能够整个世界的融合中占据一席之地。”罗勃特在他的书中用英语国家经历过的四场战斗来说明他们在２０世纪遭受到的极大灾难，这四场战争在世界历史都有举足轻重的地位，分别是反对德国民族主义的战争，反对法西斯邪恶轴心国的战争，反对苏联共产主义的战争，现在是反对恐怖主义的战争。但是正如丘吉尔在他的书中所做的，罗勃特通过比较美国，英国，加拿大，澳大利亚，南非，新西兰和西印度群岛这些分散的说英语的民族来研究他们的文化，社会，政治历史。罗勃特沿袭了丘吉尔的作风，没有将印度写进去，因为印度有180多种语言，而英语只是社会精英人士用来交流的语言。但是印度的民族史是和英国的民族史穿插重叠而写的。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：安德鲁 罗勃特曾在剑桥大学现代历史学系取得过第一名的好成绩，从１９９１年他的作品《哈里法克斯勋爵》和《忠诚的狐狸》出版发行以来，他就一直是一个专业的历史学家。他现在住在伦敦的科奈斯布雷居，有两个孩子。他的《索尔兹伯里勋爵》在２０００年获得了沃尔夫森历史学奖。
a brilliant revisionist history of the English-speaking peoples which deserves to beput into the hands of every teenager. (Michael Burleigh LITERARY REVIEW)
Now Andrew Roberts the celebrated biographer of Lord Halifax and Salisbury, takes the story to the present day in his own epic. (Brendan Simms EVENING STANDARD)
Magnificently provoking. ... A worthy successor to Churchill’s history of the same subject. ... This is not a book for those who like their history written in various shades of apologetic grey. This is history written with the author’s heart on his sleeve. This is a work of astonishing range and depth, combining as it does a polemical flair with sure-footed scholarship. (Hywel Williams NEW STATESMAN)
’This book takes no prisoners. It is a bold, uncompromising trumpet blast in celebration of the political, economic and cultural achievements of the English-Speaking Peoples in the 20th century and until the present day. ... Roberts is never without a trenchant opinion or a scathing denunciation of humbug. In robust prose and armed with immense learning, he is always readable and never loses sight of his overarching theme.’ (Christopher Silvester DAILY EXPRESS)
This book makes exhilarating reading if you believe all has been and remains right with the world as long as the English-speaking peoples are in charge. (Peter Lewis THE DAILY MAIL)
he has interesting and perceptive things to say about the more exotic aspects of the Anglo-Saxon diaspora. (Richard Overy THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH)
In Roberts, the Anglo-American-Australian-Canadian-Kiwi Special Relationship has found an advocate of Churchillian eloquence. (Niall Ferguson THE MAIL ON SUNDAY)
About the Author/作者介绍： Andrew Roberts took a first in Modern History at Cambridge. He has been a professional historian since the publication of his life of Lord Halifax , The Holy Fox, in 1991. He lives in Knightsbridge, London, and has two children. His life of Lord Salisbury won the Wolfson History Prize in 2000.
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