THE FATHER OF US ALL: WAR AND HISTORY, ANCIENT AND MODERN
Book ID/图书代码： 14650009B31279
English Summary/英文概要： A master historian explores how war has shaped our societies-and how societies shape warfare-from Ancient Greece to the present day-now in paperback.
Victor Davis Hanson has long been acclaimed as one of our leading scholars of ancient history. In recent years he has also become a trenchant voice on current affairs, bringing a historian’s deep knowledge of past conflicts to bear on the crises of the present, from 9/11 to Iran. "War," he writes, "is an entirely human enterprise." Ideologies change, technologies develop, new strategies are invented-but human nature is constant across time and space. The dynamics of warfare in the present age still remain comprehensible to us through careful study of the past. Though many have called the War on Terror unprecedented, its contours would have been quite familiar to Themistocles of Athens or William Tecumseh Sherman. And as we face the menace of a bin Laden or a Kim Jong-Il, we can prepare ourselves with knowledge of how such challenges have been met before.
The Father of Us All brings together much of Hanson’s finest writing on war and society, both ancient and modern. The author has gathered a range of essays, and combined and revised them into a richly textured new work that explores such topics as how technology shapes warfare, what constitutes the "American way of war," and why even those who abhor war need to study military history. "War is the father and king of us all," Heraclitus wrote in ancient Greece. And as Victor Davis Hanson shows, it is no less so today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 作为一名历史学专家，Victor Davis Hanson探讨了从古希腊到当今社会战争是如何塑造我们社会的，社会又是如何塑造军事的。
Victor Davis Hanson 一直被誉为古代历史领域知名学者。近年来，他对当今实事也开始进行尖锐的评论，从911事件到伊朗问题。在他看来，“战争就是彻头彻尾的人类企业”。随着意识形态的改变，技术的发展，新的战略也孕育而生，然而，人性本质却并未随着时空而发生变化……
《我们所有人的祖先》收集了作者Hanson的许多有关战争和社会的精彩文章，既有关于古代的也有关于现代的。作者收集了各类文章，将它们整合在一起，进行修改，编著成一部全新的著作，探讨了以下话题：科技如何塑造战争；构成“美国战争方式”的因素有哪些；为何那些憎恨战争的人也有必要学习军事历史。正如希腊哲学家赫拉克利特所说：“战争是我们所有人的祖先，也是我们所有人的国王”。而Victor Davis Hanson 证明了这个说法至今仍然可信。(LYR)
Awards/获奖情况：“非常生动的合集……文笔优美，渊识博学。”——外交事务
“我从来没有读过如此细致解释“战争存在于我们每个人阴暗内心”的真相的书籍，但历史却给予了我们希望。”——William Shawcross，作家
“很少有作者能够像Victor Davis Hanson一样，同时涵盖当今事态和历史，更没有人能够和Victor Davis Hanson的博学媲美。在《我们所有人的祖先》一书中，作者利用其渊博的军事历史知识为当今世界的争议话题提供了全新的见解。对于任何对战争感兴趣的读者而言都是必读作品。”——Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick
“作者Victor Hanson在其著作中结合了学习与反省，这在任何时代都是罕见的，尤其是在我们当下这个无知的时代。”——Dr. Larry Arn，校长
"[A] lively collection … the writing is always elegant and erudite."—Foreign Affairs
"Hanson has provided a thoughtful, wide-ranging look at the fundamental questions of war and peace."---MHQ, The Quarterly Journal of Military History.
"A masterpiece of envelope pushing, and a comprehensive and dazzling analysis of why America fights as she does. Hanson’s arguments may not convince everyone, but cannot be dismissed."---Publishers Weekly
"Not a happy message to peace-studies idealists but one a balanced current-events collection should include."---Booklist
"I have never read another book which explains so well the truth that ‘war lies in the dark hearts of us all’ but that history offers hope."---William Shawcross, author of Allies and Deliver Us from Evil
"Few writers cover both current events and history--and none with the brilliance and erudition of Victor Davis Hanson. In The Father of Us All, he uses his deep knowledge of military history to shed light on present-day controversies. Required reading for anyone interested in war, past or present."---Max Boot, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Savage Wars of Peace and War Made New
"Victor Hanson brings to his writing a mixture of learning and reflection that is rare in any age, especially the ignorant one in which we live"---Dr. Larry Arnn, President of Hillsdale College
About the Author/作者介绍： Victor Davis Hanson 是斯坦福大学胡佛战争、革命与和平研究所高级研究员，兼任加利福尼亚州立大学名誉教授，同时还是“论坛媒体服务”的的专栏作家。
Victor Davis Hanson is the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow in Residence in Classics and Military History at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a professor of Classics Emeritus at California State University, Fresno, and a nationally syndicated columnist for Tribune Media Services.
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