An eminent historian offers a sweeping look at Europe’s tumultuous twentieth century, showing how the rejection of violence after World War II transformed a continent In the last decade we’ve seen an ever-widening rift between the United States and Europe, most visibly over Iraq. But as James J. Sheehan reminds us in his timely book, it wasn’t always thus. How did America and Europe come to take such different paths? In Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? Stanford historian Sheehan charts what is perhaps the most radical shift in Europe’s history. For centuries, nations defined themselves by their willingness and ability to wage war. But after World War II, Europe began to redefine statehood, rejecting ballooning defense budgets in favor of material well-being, social stability, and economic growth. Sheehan reveals how and why this happened, and what it means for America as well as the rest of the world. Succinct yet broad in scope, Sheehan’s authoritative history provides much-needed context for understanding the fractured era in which we live.
美国斯坦福大学迪卡森人文学教授、历史学教授,美国历史学会前主席。专注于德国和现代欧洲史。著有多部关于德国历史、现代欧洲的书籍。
战争与和平一直是人类需要面对的重大抉择,事实上在人类以往几千年的文明史上,绝大部分时间是在战争中度过,从这个角度讲暴力倒成了人类社会的主题。在马克思主义意识形态中,战争(或可称暴力的极端)是阶级矛盾发展到不可调和阶段的必然产物,换言之战争不可能避免,而所谓...
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