Eve of Destruction The Coming Age of Preventive War Thomas M. Nichols "Thomas Nichols transcends sterile debates about Iraq and the Bush Doctrine and points instead to the fundamental erosion in two long-standing international norms: the inviolability of state sovereignty and the unacceptability of preventive war. These profound changes are driven by the very real threat of mass casualty suicide terrorism as well as humanitarian disasters and the problem of failed states. This is a smart, incisive, and important book."--Robert J. Lieber, Georgetown University "Preventive war is here to stay. The question isn't whether but when and how force will be used preventively. That is the important message of this excellent book. Nichols provides the critical answers clearly and convincingly."--Ivo Daalder, Brookings Institution "Nichols provides a lively guide to the development of this issue after the Cold War."--Foreign Affairs In an age of new threats to international security, the old rules of war are rapidly being discarded. The great powers are moving toward norms less restrictive of intervention, preemption, and preventive war. This evolution is taking place not only in the United States but also in many of the world's most powerful nations, including Russia, France, and Japan, among others. As centuries of tradition and law are overturned, will preventive warfare push the world into chaos? Eve of Destruction is a provocative contribution to a growing international debate over the acceptance of preventive military action. In the first work to identify the trends that have led to a coming age of preventive war, Thomas M. Nichols uses historical analysis as well as interviews with military officials from around the world to trace the anticipatory use of force from the early 1990s--when the international community responded to a string of humanitarian crises in Somalia, Bosnia, and Kosovo--to today's current and potential actions against rogue states and terrorists. He makes a case for a bold reform of U.S. foreign policy, and of the United Nations Security Council itself, in order to avert outright anarchy. Thomas M. Nichols is Professor of Strategy and Forrest Sherman Chair of Public Diplomacy at the United States Naval War College. His previous books include The Russian Presidency and Winning the World: Lessons for America's Future from the Cold War. 2008 | 192 pages | 6 x 9 ISBN 978-0-8122-4066-5 | Cloth | $45.00s | GBP29.50 ISBN 978-0-8122-0294-6 | Ebook | $45.00s | GBP29.50 World Rights | Political Science, Public Policy Short copy: In an age of new threats to international security, the old rules of war are rapidly being discarded by the great powers. This study explores how and why states will exercise the preventive use of force in the twenty-first century, and how this violence might be contained and controlled.
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我必须承认,一开始我被这本书的开篇吓退了,它几乎是完全摒弃了传统叙事逻辑的,更像是一系列碎片化的意识流片段的集合,毫无章法可言。角色的身份模糊不清,时间线如同被揉皱的纸张,东一块西一块。这迫使我采取了一种完全不同的阅读策略——不再试图去“理解”每一个细节,而是选择“感受”整体的氛围和情绪的流动。随着阅读的深入,我开始领悟到,这种看似混乱的结构恰恰是作者想要表达的核心:在一个秩序崩塌的世界里,线性思维本身就是一种天真的幻想。那些跳跃的场景,那些突然出现的、没有铺垫的暴力或温情,反而更贴近真实生活在极端压力下的体验。当最终一些看似无关紧要的细节在后半部分以一种令人拍案叫绝的方式串联起来时,我感到了巨大的智力满足感。作者成功地构建了一个“不按套路出牌”的叙事迷宫,它要求读者放下习惯性的预期,完全信任作者引导的直觉。这本书教会了我,有时候,最好的答案藏在最意想不到的结构缝隙之中。
评分初翻开这本小说时,我立刻被那种扑面而来的压抑感所笼罩,仿佛置身于一场永无止境的低语之中。作者对于人物内心深处的挣扎刻画得入木三分,那种在命运的巨轮下无力抗争的绝望,通过细腻的心理描写和充满隐喻的场景设置,层层递进,让人喘不过气来。我特别欣赏作者在叙事节奏上的处理,时而缓慢到令人焦灼,细致地描摹每一个微小的动作和眼神的波动;时而又突然加速,如同山洪暴发般将读者卷入无法预料的冲突之中。书中的世界观构建得极其宏大而又令人不安,那些模糊的界限、摇摆不定的道德标准,无不挑战着我们对“正义”和“邪恶”的固有认知。阅读过程中,我经常需要停下来,深吸一口气,整理思绪,因为作者抛出的哲学命题太过沉重,它不仅仅是情节的推动力,更是对读者自身存在意义的拷问。这种阅读体验是极其耗费心神的,但同时,它又带有一种近乎宗教般的洗礼感,让你在痛苦中窥见某种深刻的真理。总而言之,这不是一本轻松的小说,它更像是一面映照灵魂深处的冷镜,映照出的景象或许并不美好,却真实得令人颤抖。
评分这本书的语言风格,用“华丽的颓废”来形容或许最为贴切。作者似乎对词藻有着近乎偏执的迷恋,每一个句子都被打磨得如同打磨过的宝石,折射出复杂的光芒。然而,这种美感并非为了单纯的装饰,它服务于营造出一种末世的、精致的腐朽氛围。我尤其留意到作者在构建对话时的匠心独运,人物的言语往往充满了双关和反讽,那些看似礼貌客套的交谈背后,潜藏着刀光剑影般的恶意或深沉的悲哀。这种文学性的张力,使得阅读过程充满了智力上的挑战与乐趣。你需要不断地在文字的表层和深层含义之间跳跃,去解码那些被精心隐藏起来的线索和情感暗涌。虽然偶尔会觉得某些段落的描述略显冗余,但细想之下,正是这些“冗余”构建了场景的厚重感和时间的凝滞感。对于那些追求纯粹情节推进的读者来说,这本书或许会显得有些“慢热”,但对于热爱文字本身,享受沉浸在精妙语言结构中的“文字饕客”而言,这本书绝对是一场盛宴,值得反复品味其中每一个精巧的句式结构和罕见的词汇搭配。
评分如果让我用一个词来概括阅读这本书后的感受,那一定是“回响”。它不是那种读完后拍手叫绝的爆米花小说,而更像是一次漫长而深刻的冥想。书中的某些意象——比如一个反复出现的、生锈的钟摆,或者某种特定气味——在合上书本很久之后,仍然会在不经意的瞬间跳出来,提醒你曾经在那片文字构建的荒原上驻足过。这种持久的影响力,来源于作者对于“未完成感”的娴熟运用。很多冲突并未得到完美的解决,很多角色的命运悬而未决,这并非是作者笔力不足,而是经过深思熟虑的安排。他拒绝提供廉价的慰藉,而是将最终的解释权和情感消化工作,推给了读者自己。因此,这本书需要时间来“沉淀”。它不是那种一次性消费品,而更像是一坛需要时间酝酿的酒,初尝时可能辛辣刺喉,但静置一段时间后,回味无穷,愈发醇厚。我强烈推荐给那些不畏惧复杂性,愿意与书本共同完成最终叙事拼图的读者。
评分这本书最让我感到震撼的,是它对于“群体心理”和“异化”主题的探讨。它并未将冲突聚焦于某一个孤立的英雄或恶棍,而是将视角投向了庞大而无名的“民众”。社会机器如何运作,群体信仰如何被操纵,个体如何在集体的压力下迅速丧失独立思考能力,这些描绘得如此真实,以至于让我不得不联想到现实世界中的某些现象。我看到了那些随波逐流的面孔,他们因为恐惧而选择盲从,因为无知而变得残忍。作者似乎并不急于给出批判,他只是冷峻地呈现了这一过程,让读者自己去体会那种毛骨悚然的既视感。更深层次来看,书中探讨了身份的消解——当外部世界不再提供明确的界限时,人如何定义自己?是依靠记忆?是依靠他人的评价?还是仅仅依靠那份仍在微弱跳动的生存本能?这种对现代人“身份危机”的深刻洞察,使得这本书超越了单纯的虚构文学,有了一种社会学研究般的锐利和穿透力。它让我对自己周遭的环境和人际关系产生了更深层次的反思。
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