The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multi-volume history of our nation in print. The series includes three Pulitzer Prize-winners, a New York Times bestseller, and winners of the prestigious Bancroft and Parkman Prizes. From Colony to Superpower is the only thematic volume commissioned for the series. Here, George C. Herring uses foreign relations as the lens through which to tell the story of America's dramatic rise from thirteen disparate colonies huddled along the Atlantic coast to the world's greatest superpower. A sweeping account of United States foreign relations and diplomacy, this magisterial volume documents America's interaction with other peoples and nations of the world. Herring tells a story of stunning successes and sometimes tragic failures, captured in a fast-paced narrative that illuminates the central importance of foreign relations to the existence and survival of the nation, and highlights its ongoing impact on the lives of ordinary citizens. He shows how policymakers defined American interests broadly to include territorial expansion, access to growing markets, and the spread of an "American way" of life. Herring does all this in a story rich in human drama and filled with epic events. Statesmen such as Benjamin Franklin, Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, and Dean Acheson played key roles in America's rise to world power. But America's expansion as a nation also owes much to the adventurers and explorers, the sea captains, merchants and captains of industry, the missionaries and diplomats, who discovered or charted new lands, developed new avenues of commerce, and established and defended the nation's interests abroad. From the American Revolution to the fifty-year struggle with communism and conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, From Colony to Superpower tells the dramatic story of America's emergence as superpower--its birth in revolution, its troubled present, and its uncertain future.
發表於2025-03-12
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圖書標籤: 曆史 美國 國際關係 國際政治 English 政治 英文原版 英文
瞭解AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM的一扇動人的窗戶,為什麼美國會雄赳赳氣昂昂地乾涉彆國政治,此書寫的便是這驕傲背後的邏輯
評分牛津美國史係列的一本書,很有參考價值,文字流暢~
評分簡單易懂的曆史書,Herring有時候還是帶點自己的偏見。超級喜歡他有時候小小的吐槽,讀到讀不下去的時候可以笑一笑。
評分這學期802五本規定書目之三。作者史學功底深厚,文筆華美,結構清晰(同樣每段主旨句開頭,把每章主旨句摘齣來基本就是這章的summary),行文感情充沛,常有史傢特有的感人之語。雖然是美國對外關係史,但實際上讀一遍對美國曆史基本能有個全景式瞭解,因為美國從誕生起內部發展與對外交往從來密不可分。阿姨有幾篇寫美國的文章裏麵的一些話很像是從這本裏直接翻譯過來的,我賭一百刀阿姨肯定看過這本書。用瞭一學期讀這本書,雖然因為沒法逐字逐句讀,但還是盡量歸納每部分大意,感覺頗有收獲。上一屆贈予的紙質書,也有電子版。每周寫summary的時候一邊在紙質書上畫主旨句總結段意一邊在電子版上復製粘貼。這本書要留好,相信以後一定有機會再讀,即使隻為欣賞作者優美凝練的行文和用詞也值得一讀再讀。皇皇巨著,偉大。
評分和前幾本牛津史一樣流暢(除瞭偶爾有句子過於復雜),也同樣具有可讀性,隻不過主題變成瞭200餘年的外交史。這雖然讓本書的主題更加集中,但也使得本書不如其他書那麼深入,可能作為其他斷代史的companion更好一些。
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