THE ENEMY AT THE GATE: HABSBURGS, OTTOMANS, AND THE BATTLE FOR EUROPE
Book ID/图书代码： 00200008B24789
English Summary/英文概要： * In 1683, two empires – the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna – came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle: the Great Siege of Vienna.
* Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks created an all-or-nothing scenario: every last survivor would be enslaved or ruthlessly slaughtered.
* Both sides remained resolute, sustained by hatred of their age-old enemy, certain that their victory would be won by the grace of God.
* Eastern invaders had always threatened the West, but the memory of the Turks, to whom the West’s ancient and deep fear of the East is viscerally attached, remains vivid and powerful.
* Long before their 1453 conquest of Constantinople, the Turks had raised the art of war to heights not seen since the Roman Empire.
* Although their best recorded and most infamous attack, the 1683 siege was the historical culmination, not the extent, of the Turks’ sustained attempt to march westwards and finally obtain the city they had long called ‘The Golden Apple’. Their defeat was to mark the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman Empire.
* With Turkey now seeking to re-orient itself towards the west and a new generation of politicians exploiting the residual fear and tensions between East and West, The Enemy at the Gate provides a timely and masterful account of this most complex and epic of conflicts.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1683年，两大帝国——君士坦丁堡的奥特曼帝国和维也纳的哈普斯堡王朝兵戎相见，使长达250年的权力之争达到顶峰，这就是：维也纳大围剿。
城墙里，土耳其人组成了有史以来最强大的军队，毅然选择抵抗，永不妥协。他们的决定造成了一个“不成功便成仁”的局面：最后的幸存者要么沦为奴隶，要么被残忍地屠杀。
双方都踌躇满志，由来已久的宿敌的仇恨激励着他们。他们确信，上帝的恩惠将会保佑自己，让他们取得胜利。
东方的侵略者一直都给西方造成极大的威胁。多年过去了，人们对土耳其人的记忆犹新，历历在目，难以磨灭。在土耳其人看来，西方对东方的恐惧是出自本能的，古老而深刻。
在土耳其人1453年征服君士坦丁堡之前很久，他们就已经将战争的艺术上升到前所未有的高度，这是自罗马帝国以来的第一次。
1683年的围攻是土耳其人一贯坚持的西进运动历史上的巅峰，也是他们有记录的战争中战果最辉煌的，同时又是最声名狼藉的一次战争，他们最终占领了被称为“金苹果”的城市。但他们的失败标志着奥特曼帝国的衰落。
现在土耳其正在重新定位自己和西方国家间的关系，新一代的政治家们在研究东西方间残存的恐惧和紧张之势。《门口的敌人》应运而生，对这一历史上最复杂，最富有史诗般色彩的冲突予以巧妙的阐述。(zyt)
Awards/获奖情况：’impressively researched...he has a forensic grasp of the terrain and the tactics, produces excellent miniatures of the frontline generals...’ ---Literary Review, Roger Crowley `riveting narrative’---Book Description
About the Author/作者介绍： Andrew Wheatcroft is the author of many books on early modern and modern history, including The Ottomans (1995), The Habsburgs (1996) and Infidels (2003). During the writing of The Enemy at the Gate, he has researched in Austria, Germany, France, Ireland, Hungary, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Sweden, and the USA. His previous books have been translated into eleven languages. He is based in Dumfriesshire, and is Professor, and Director of The Centre for Publishing Studies, at the University of Stirling.
安德鲁·维特克罗夫特委出版过不少关于近现代史的著作，包括《奥特曼人》（1995），《哈普斯堡人》（1996），《异教徒》（2003）。在写作《门口的敌人》期间，他进行了广泛的调查研究，他到过奥地利，德国，法国，爱尔兰，匈牙利，意大利，荷兰，西班牙，土耳其，瑞典和美国。他以前的著作被翻译成11国语言。他现住在英国邓弗里斯郡。他是斯特灵大学的教授，出版业研究中心主任。
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