第一次世界大戰，歐洲的榮耀與安全 竟繫於其最薄弱的環節上——哈布斯堡王朝 哈布斯堡王朝曾在十七世紀抵禦土耳其人的進攻，守護歐洲文明；當拿破崙軍隊在歐洲無往不利時，哈布斯堡王朝也是抵抗革命勢力的中流砥柱。但是十九世紀，民族主義浪潮席捲全歐洲，這個以多民族著稱的「帝國」，如何能夠繼續保有共主的地位？ 當北邊的說德語的人脫離原來哈布斯堡家族的掌控，躍升成為新興強國普魯士；往西南邊，與義大利的衝突又敗下陣來，哈布斯堡寄望在巴爾幹半島展現最後的帝國餘輝，只不過哈布斯堡能突破土耳其和俄羅斯在巴爾幹背後的外交運作和軍事算計嗎？ 作者分析，這個古老帝國昧於現實，自不量力地走入與德國聯手向全歐洲宣戰的窘境。原來自十九世紀後半的幾十年來，帝國的軍力、國力，早在底下諸民族的威脅、瓜分裡四分五裂了。當在塞拉耶佛的行刺事件發生時，哈布斯堡還自信滿滿地選擇用武力解決，而不是尋求外交斡旋，對危機的來臨絲毫不覺。 哈布斯堡的愚蠢行徑，剛好正重歐洲各國的下懷，各國對戰爭早已躍躍欲試，只差沒有引信點燃。這印證邱吉爾說過的：歐洲的榮耀與安全竟繫於其最薄弱的環節上。 開戰時刻，奧匈帝國轉眼間便潰不成軍，炮彈不足、訓練過的兵源不足、冷兵器時代的打法、估算錯誤的戰略、失去現實感的戰術，種種因素導致奧匈帝國只是把自己境內六成的男子送入碎骨機，連生病無法上戰場者也無例外。 有位戰場上的士兵在日記裡寫下，「這場戰爭最令人費解的地方，乃是我們漸漸不恨敵人……我想那是因為我們有同樣的遭遇；我們都是被迫去做最違反人性的事：殺害同類。」 史家說：第二次世界大戰是第一次世界大戰的延續，人類等於在二十世紀初又經歷了一場「三十年戰爭」。一般對於第一次世界大戰的理解多半局限於西戰線。本書作者試圖結合軍事史和外交史專長，呈現東戰線錯綜複雜的經過。一戰之後，世界局勢發生鉅變，兩個古老的帝國崩解——鄂圖曼土耳其和奧匈帝國，這本書從戰敗者的角度來閱讀一戰，也揭開少有人研究的東歐與巴爾幹的面紗。

《中国与大战:寻求新的国家认同与国际化》全书共分7个章节进行阐述，具体包括中国准备加入国际体系、大战的爆发与中国的反应、中国正式参战、内战、1919年巴黎和会与中国寻求世界新秩序等。《中国与大战:寻求新的国家认同与国际化》可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。

《一战秘史》分6大部分36章，详细描绘了第一次世界大战的发展进程，及其背后鲜为人知的历史。本书的4大突出特点： ◎介绍历史线索和背景。在每章正文之后，都有一个背景回顾。分析了众多历史事件背后的联系，指出一战爆发的必然性。 ◎描绘人物的思维活动。作者参考了238部有关一战的回忆录，非常重视描绘关键人物的思维活动，以及他们发挥的重要作用。 ◎公平地对待交战双方。比如，英国虽然是战胜国，但犯的错误也很多。德国虽然是战败国，但其战略、战术仍然有许多过人之处。 ◎分析战略和战术问题。作者不仅重视描绘具体战场，也重视讲解战略问题。描绘战局和主观因素对战略目标形成的影响。

In "The Sleepwalkers" acclaimed historian and author of Iron Kingdom, Christopher Clark, examines the causes of the First World War. Sunday Times Books of the Year 2012. The moments that it took Gavrilo Princip to step forward to the stalled car and shoot dead Franz Ferdinand and his wife were perhaps the most fateful of the modern era. An act of terrorism of staggering efficiency, it fulfilled its every aim: it would liberate Bosnia from Habsburg rule and it created a powerful new Serbia, but it also brought down four great empires, killed millions of men and destroyed a civilization. What made a seemingly prosperous and complacent Europe so vulnerable to the impact of this assassination? In "The Sleepwalkers" Christopher Clark retells the story of the outbreak of the First World War and its causes. Drawing on many fresh new sources, this account reveals a Europe very different from the familiar picture, putting Serbia and the Balkans at the centre of the story. Starting with the brutal assassination of Alexander I of Serbia in 1903, Clark shows how, far from being the place of enviable stability it appears to us, Europe was racked by chronic problems: a multipolar, fractured, multicultural world of clashing ideals, terrorism, militancy and instability, which was, fatefully, saddled with a conspicuously ineffectual set of political leaders. He shows how the rulers of Europe, who prided themselves on their modernity and rationalism, behaved like sleepwalkers, stumbling through crisis after crisis and finally convincing themselves that war was the only answer. Reviews: "Formidable ...one of the most impressive and stimulating studies of the period ever published". (Max Hastings, "Sunday Times"). "The arguments [Clark] sets out in this quite superb account of the causes of the First World War are so compelling that they effectively consign the old historical consensus to the bin ...a masterpiece. It's not often that one has the privilege of reading a book that reforges our understanding of one of the seminal events of world history". ("Mail Online"). "Impeccably researched, provocatively argued and elegantly written, his book is a model of scholarship". ("Sunday Times", Books of the Year 2012). "A brilliant contribution". ("Times Higher Education"). "Clark is fully alive to the challenges of the subject. Planting himself at the contingent end of the spectrum, he prefers to establish how the war happened rather than to explain why by means of hindsight ...It is a refreshing approach. He provides vivid portraits of leading figures ...[He] also gives a rich sense of what contemporaries believed was at stake in the crises leading up to the war". ("Irish Times"). About the author: Christopher Clark is Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's College. He is the author of "The Politics of Conversion", "Kaiser Wilhelm II" and "Iron Kingdom". Widely praised around the world, "Iron Kingdom" became a major bestseller. He has been awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

本书是一本历史图书，对第一次世界大战时期的国际关系、金融、经济、政治进行了回顾和分析。作者认为英国应该和德国一样对战争的开始负责。如果英国没有将比利时让给德国，布尔什维克革命不会发生。德国会建立一个统一的欧洲政权，而英国会保持它的超级地位。书中讨论了诸多一战中的关键问题，给读者提供了一个崭新的视角去理解一战。

1914—1918年，大约800万法国人应征入伍，实际参加战斗的士兵超过 400万，其中三分之一的人在前线牺牲。本书描述的正是这些没有特权、生命得不到保障的普通士兵的战地生活。他们除了面临死亡的威胁，还要忍受饥渴、疾病、严寒酷暑、孤独和恐惧。作者雅克·梅耶从亲身经历出发，同时援引了许多战友的书信、感想和回忆录，为我们展现了一幅幅真实而悲惨的战时生活场景。