China's War Reporters

出版者:Harvard University Press

作者:Parks M. Coble

页数:288

出版时间:2015-3-9

价格:USD 39.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780674967670

具体描述

When Japan invaded China in the summer of 1937, many Chinese journalists greeted the news with euphoria. For years, the Chinese press had urged Chiang Kai-shek to resist Tokyo’s aggressive overtures. This was the war they wanted, convinced that their countrymen would triumph.

Parks Coble recaptures the experiences of China’s war correspondents during the Sino–Japanese War of 1937–1945. He delves into the wartime writing of reporters connected with the National Salvation Movement—journalists such as Fan Changjiang, Jin Zhonghua, and Zou Taofen—who believed their mission was to inspire the masses through patriotic reporting. As the Japanese army moved from one stunning victory to the next, forcing Chiang’s government to retreat to the interior, newspaper reports often masked the extent of China’s defeats. Atrocities such as the Rape of Nanjing were played down in the press for fear of undercutting national morale.

By 1941, as political cohesion in China melted away, Chiang cracked down on leftist intellectuals, including journalists, many of whom fled to the Communist-held areas of the north. When the People’s Republic was established in 1949, some of these journalists were elevated to prominent positions. But in a bitter twist, all mention of their wartime writings disappeared. Mao Zedong emphasized the heroism of his own Communist Revolution, not the war effort led by his archrival Chiang. Denounced as enemies during the Cultural Revolution, once-prominent wartime journalists, including Fan, committed suicide. Only with the revival of Chinese nationalism in the reform era has their legacy been resurrected.

作者简介

Parks M. Coble is James L. Sellers Professor of History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

目录信息

Map: Occupied areas in 1944
Introduction
1. Euphoria: The War They Wanted
2. Coping with Retreat: Mobilizing for Long-Term Resistance
3. Coping with Atrocity: Fostering the Unity of the People
4. Wartime Movement: Survival, Displacement, and Mobility
5. Despair and Bitter Victory: The Growing Civil War
6. Legacies of War: Forgetting and a New Remembering
7. Recovering the Memory of the War: Can the Past Serve the Present?
Conclusion
Notes
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index
Illustrations follow page 130
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用户评价

这本书的叙事风格简直是教科书级别的，作者对历史事件的把控力令人叹为观止。从开篇的引人入胜到结尾的深沉回味，每一个章节的衔接都如同精心编排的乐章，高低起伏，扣人心弦。特别值得称道的是，作者在描绘那些关键性的历史转折点时，所展现出的那种冷静而又充满洞察力的笔触，让人仿佛身临其境，亲眼目睹了历史的洪流是如何塑造一个民族的命运的。文字的张力十足，既有宏大叙事的气魄，又不失对个体命运的细腻关怀。读完整本书，我感觉自己不仅是阅读了一个故事，更是完成了一次对特定历史时期的深度访谈。那种沉浸感是极难在其他作品中获得的，每一个细节的铺陈，每一个人物的塑造，都充满了作者独到的匠心。这绝对是一部值得反复品读的佳作，每次重读，都会有新的感悟和理解。

这本书的文笔，可以说是精炼到了极致，每一句话都似乎经过了无数次的打磨，用词精准，意蕴深远。那种行文的韵律感，即使是翻译成其他语言，想必也能保留其大部分的文学魅力。它不像某些历史著作那样冗长乏味，反而充满了叙事性的驱动力，让人一目十行，却又忍不住要停下来细细品味那些凝练的表达。尤其是在描述那些转瞬即逝的情感波动时，作者总能找到最贴切的比喻，寥寥数语便能勾勒出人物内心翻江倒海的情绪。对于那些追求文字美感和叙事节奏的读者来说，这本书无疑是一场盛宴。它证明了严肃的历史题材，同样可以拥有令人震撼的文学高度。

我必须说，这本书的结构设计简直是天才之举。它没有采用线性叙事，而是通过一系列看似分散却又相互呼应的片段，构建了一个极其复杂且多维度的历史图景。这种非线性的叙述方式，在初期可能会让部分读者感到有些挑战，但一旦适应了作者的节奏，你就会发现这种处理方式极大地增强了作品的厚重感和真实性。它迫使读者主动去连接那些看似不相干的信息点，从而构建出属于自己的理解框架。书中对环境、社会氛围的描摹也极其到位，文字的质感仿佛带着泥土和硝烟的味道，让人能清晰地感受到那个时代特有的压抑与希望交织的复杂心境。这种对细节的执着追求，使得整部作品的立体感远超一般的历史读物。

作者在处理复杂的人物关系和动机时，展现出一种近乎冷酷的客观性。他没有将任何一方简单地塑造成绝对的英雄或恶棍，而是深入挖掘了他们在特定历史压力下的挣扎与选择。书中的一些次要人物，虽然戏份不多，但其行为逻辑却刻画得入木三分，让人不禁反思，在极端环境下，‘正确’的选择究竟是什么。这种对人性的深刻挖掘，让这部作品超越了单纯的历史记录，上升到了哲学思辨的层面。我尤其欣赏作者在叙事中偶尔流露出的那种疏离感，它像一面镜子，反射出历史的残酷，却又避免了过度煽情，保持了学术的严谨性与文学的感染力之间的完美平衡。

读完此书，我最大的感受是关于“记忆”与“遗忘”的探讨。作者似乎在不断地提醒我们，历史的记录本身就是一种选择，是被权力、时间乃至个体创伤所过滤和扭曲过的产物。书中引用的那些原始材料和旁证，其本身就充满了矛盾和暧昧性，作者并未试图去简单地“修复”这些矛盾，反而将其作为叙事的一部分加以呈现。这种对历史不确定性的坦诚，是本书最具力量感的地方。它挑战了我们对“真相”的固有认知，让人不得不重新审视自己所接受的那些既定历史版本。阅读的过程，更像是一场与历史自身的对话，充满了挑战，但收获也格外丰厚。

大概排了下雷，建议考虑引进

大概排了下雷，建议考虑引进

大概排了下雷，建议考虑引进

大概排了下雷，建议考虑引进

整本书感觉很凌乱，也没有太新的观点