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The Third Reich has been studied more intensively than any other period in history, but until now the overall history of the concentration camp system has remained blank. Based on years of investigation and research, Nikolaus Waxman not only incorporates the research results of scholars over the years, but also presents an analysis and elaboration of the functions and organization of the concentration camps. By examining life and death within the concentration camps, Waxman brings the Nazi regime and its concentration camp system together for the first time.

In the spring of 1839, the British invaded Afghanistan with almost no resistance. But two years later, the Afghans revolted, and the uprising evolved into violent resistance across the country. The first Anglo-Afghan War ended in a disastrous defeat for Britain. Drawing on the latest multilingual material, William Dalrymple's brilliant analysis of the greatest disaster in the history of the British Empire has clear parallels with the deepening crisis currently facing the West in Afghanistan.

In January 1417, book hunter Poggio Bracciolini took down an extremely old manuscript from a dusty bookshelf in a remote monastery, and inadvertently awakened a work that had been hidden for thousands of years - Lucretius's On the Nature of Things. This long Latin poem with extremely beautiful writing sparked huge discussions and deeply influenced artists, thinkers, writers, and scientists such as Botticelli, Bruno, Galileo, Freud, Darwin, Montaigne, Shakespeare, and Einstein. It also left its traces in the Declaration of Independence by Jefferson. Stephen Greenblatt tells this fascinating but little-known Renaissance adventure in The Big Turn. He believed that it was the reappearance of "On the Nature of Things" that opened the door for Western civilization to move toward modernity, and thus changed the history of all mankind.

High in the mountains in the middle of France's southern massif stands a small group of remote villages united by a long and unique history. During the Nazi occupation, residents of the plateau rescued thousands of people from concentration camps. As victims of Nazi persecution (Resisters, Freemasons, Communists and Jews, many of them children) arrived in large numbers, the inhabitants of these villages rallied to keep them safe. Carolyn Moorhead sought out and interviewed many of the people involved in this extraordinary undertaking. This is a story of courage and determination, of a heroic few who risk their lives to save others, and of what can be done when people unite against tyranny.

Wilhelm von Habsburg was both an imperial prince wearing the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece and a red prince wearing armor. The fall of the Habsburg Monarchy in World War I shattered his dream of establishing the Kingdom of Ukraine. Since then, he has changed his identity many times: he was an associate of the German imperialists, he was a notorious lover of France, he was an angry Austrian monarchist, he was an opponent of Hitler who looked on with cold eyes, and finally he became a desperate supporter of Ukrainian independence. William's ups and downs life demonstrated the fluidity of personal identity and the diversity of national identities, and reflected the historical truth and political reality of the rise of European nation-states.

"Fear and Freedom" is another masterpiece of Keith Lowe after "Savage Land". The work profoundly analyzes the major changes brought to the world by World War II, which were both devastating and constructive. The author conducts in-depth interviews with survivors from all continents and from all walks of life who have suffered from the war, integrates those seemingly isolated personal stories, and provides an innovative interpretation of the war's broad and lasting impact - a grand chapter that extends to the country and the world, and goes deep into the subtle complexities of the world and people's hearts. His clear understanding of the diversity and complexity of history is undoubtedly an important reference for us to think about today's world and its future direction, guiding us to stay alert to all the facts that we take for granted.

The 24-year-old Churchill was convinced that it was his destiny to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, but at this time he suffered a defeat in the election. He believes that to achieve goals, one must make a difference on the battlefield, and military medals are the safest and fastest way to win recognition and success. In 1899, Churchill arrived in South Africa, where he participated in the Boer War (a war between the British and the Boers for the South African colony). However, two weeks later, Churchill became a prisoner of war and was locked up in a prisoner of war camp in Pretoria. What follows is an astonishingly brave escape.

"The Rite of Spring" is a masterful and witty exploration of the forgotten patterns of history, exploring the origins, impact and aftermath of the First World War - from the premiere of the ballet "The Rite of Spring" in 1913 to Hitler's death in 1945. In this remarkable book, author Modrice Ecksteins draws on the lives and speeches of ordinary people, literary works, and events such as Lindbergh's transoceanic flight and the publication of All Quiet on the Western Front, the first best-seller of the modern era, to chronicle the dramatic changes in perceptions caused by the catastrophe.

This book inherits the positivist tradition of Russian historiography and is based on a large number of detailed original archival documents. It explains the origins, pre-war preparations, war process and consequences of the Russo-Japanese War from a Russian perspective. At the same time, it is based on an international perspective and deeply analyzes the internal and external factors that affect the diplomatic and military decisions of both sides. The book is divided into two parts: diplomacy and war. The diplomacy part analyzes the situation of the Russian Empire in Europe and Asia before the Russo-Japanese War; the war part mainly analyzes the specific process of this war from the Russian perspective, and believes that the important reason for the failure of the Russian army was the improper command and strategy of the supreme commander.

"World Modern History Research" is an academic annual journal sponsored by the World Modern History Research Center of Nankai University, a key humanities and social science research base of the Ministry of Education. It is oriented to domestic universities and research institutions and provides a forum for academic exchanges to promote and promote domestic research on world modern history. It has columns such as historical theoretical research, global history research, international relations history, regional and national history, doctoral student forums, debates, book reviews, historical materials, research reviews, etc. It has important academic value in promoting China's research on world modern history.

From the 3rd to 2nd century BC, the Roman Republic suddenly became the dominant power in the Mediterranean. This book uses a fast-paced narrative to tell the story of Rome's first set foot on the Greek mainland, to the establishment of a balance of power among Macedonia, the Achaean League, Pergamon and Rhodes, and finally to the elimination of the biggest resistance to the Eastern Expedition - the Macedonian kingship. It presents Rome's gradual and unstoppable trend of hegemony. Based on a global perspective, the author explores the transformation of Roman imperialism from remote control to direct rule; he also digs vertically to think about the absorption, suppression and self-shaping of Greek culture by Roman culture. By conquering Greece, Rome was finally able to establish hegemony in the Mediterranean.

The book "The Secret Reader of the GDR" is not only a gift for book collectors, but also a contribution to the social history of the GDR. ...The unique charm of this book is that witnesses of the era speak up and share much that they once kept silent about: personal experiences and how they worked to obtain the books they wanted. (While reading) People sometimes feel that they are looking down on a surreal world.

Artist Marina Amaral used digital technology to colorize approximately 200 black-and-white photos related to world history from 1850 to 1960. Historian Dan Jones places them in a specific historical context, starting with the reigns of Napoleon III and Queen Victoria, through nuclear weapons testing, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the beginning of the space age. It vividly records the rise and fall of empires, the rapid changes in science, industry, and art, the tragedies of war and peacetime politics, as well as the stories of the men and women who made history, presenting a colorful and vivid history of the world. "The Color of Time" aims to restore the luster of that faded world, blending stunning photographs and carefully worded narrative to provide a unique and beautiful perspective on history.

"East and West in Japanese History" is the early masterpiece of the famous Japanese medieval history scholar Yoshihiko Amino. In this book, Amino adopts the research perspective of regional history for the first time, and based on the theories of archaeology, sociology, folklore, cultural anthropology and other disciplines, he examines the differences in life and culture of people living in the eastern and western parts of the Japanese archipelago and their impact in history. He not only talked about interesting historical topics such as East Horse and West Ship, mounted archer warriors and pirate warriors, East Shogun Nishi Junyu, Genji and Heiji, but also made enlightening discussions on important concepts such as the social structure of the eastern and western regions, the relationship between political mechanics, Eastern culture and Western culture, and fundamentally rethought "Japanese theory" and "Japanese history theory."

This book provides a concise yet brilliant analysis of the entire process of the Cold War in roughly chronological order and by theme. In this short book, he succinctly analyzes the origins of the Cold War, the balance of nuclear terror as the United States and the Soviet Union competed for hegemony, the institutional confrontation between the two camps, the influence of well-known figures in the Cold War on the Cold War, and the final and unexpected end of the Cold War. The author of this book gives a relatively detailed explanation of historical events, historical figures and historical processes, especially the use of a large number of recently declassified historical files, which also reflects the author's ability to control historical events.

After World War II, Japan and Germany experienced varying degrees of conflicts and disputes both domestically and with their neighbors around issues of war responsibility and national apology. Looking back today, 80 years after the end of the war, Germany's attitude of reflecting on history has been generally appreciated by countries around the world, but Japan still falls into disputes of public opinion on historical issues from time to time. Why is there such a big difference between the two? As a researcher of German intellectual history who was born in post-war Japan, the author attempts to present all aspects of this issue in a simple and in-depth manner in this book. Although the postwar thoughts of Germany and Japan appear to be similar, there are also differences that cannot be ignored. This is not only due to the differences in the modern history and social and cultural backgrounds of the two countries, but also the influence of the postwar international pattern. The author starts from the differences in the victorious country's condemnation of the two countries, their understanding of war responsibilities, the post-war state form, and the post-war regional surrounding environment of the two countries. In particular, the author focuses on introducing the differences in the intellectual thoughts of the two countries and their influence on the people. This provides a comprehensive and profound perspective for us to understand the differences in attitudes between Japan and Germany on historical issues. The author also hopes that Japanese society can learn more from Germany on the basis of understanding the differences in these historical contexts in order to resolve historical issues with its East Asian neighbors.

For a long time, the public has had a vague and wrong impression, that is, in Germany before World War II, the Nazis came to power with overwhelming support from the people, and Hitler also became the leader of the country through legal procedures. This recognition has even become "historical common sense" for some people. But this is not the case. In fact, the Nazi Party, which received only one-third of the votes at that time, used violence and fraud to distort the process of forming a government, and used the "emergency clause" in the Weimar Constitution to deprive citizens of basic freedoms, and only then did it gain absolute power beyond the constitution. Once the power of emergency measures is established, those in power will inevitably be tempted to abuse it. Based on historical lessons, after the war, various countries have placed heavy restrictions on the "emergency clause" to prevent its abuse. However, in recent years, the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party government has attempted to amend the constitution to add emergency clauses, which has also aroused high vigilance among Japanese intellectual circles. In this book, Kyōo Hasebe, an authority on Japanese constitutional law, and Yuji Ishida, a top scholar in the field of Nazi Germany studies, analyze this "historical common sense" from their respective professional perspectives through dialogue, clarify the true context of historical evolution, explain the restrictions on the "emergency clause" in post-war Germany and other European and American countries from the perspective of comparative law, and jointly explore in depth the dangers behind this clause. The history of the demise of the "Weimar Constitution" tells us that only by constantly maintaining vigilance against power can the daily life we ​​take for granted not suddenly disappear one day.

The West's obsession with sugar led to the near-annihilation of the native peoples of the New World and the rise of the African slave trade. This book explores the connection between sugar and the bloody forced labor behind it, depicts the world of sugar cane plantations, and how government policies and the sugar lobby affected producers and consumers around the world. It also details the brutal lives and struggles of enslaved people over the past centuries. From being an exclusive luxury product for the aristocracy and wealthy to being a quick energy source for the working class during the Industrial Revolution, sugar's transformation in status has revolutionized the way the modern world eats. This book also reveals how sugar has shaped the world and driven economic, trade and environmental change. Author Elizabeth Abbott also delves into sugar-related issues such as obesity and diabetes, environmental impacts, and more. This book is rich in content and rigorously researched. While tasting the sweetness brought by sugar, it is a thought-provoking witness to the high price the world pays to satisfy the ever-sweetening taste.

Tom Holland attempts to fill the gap between historical materials and rumors in the form of narrative history, helping us to open up a new path between credulity and excessive doubt to trace the history of the Julian Claudian dynasty. From Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula to Claudius and Nero, the years the family dominated Rome were a long period of experimentation, with each emperor testing the boundaries of power. Tiberius transforms from great general to cynical hermit, Caligula rides across the sea in pursuit of pleasure, and Nero establishes himself as a tragic hero through his matricide. In "Dynasty", a painting depicting the first dynasty of Rome, Holland will look for the causes and consequences of these events, or the creative motivations behind these rumors, and vividly restore this story about domination and destruction.

The English's long and violent attempt to dismember the continent's most powerful nation created one of the most far-reaching chapters in European history. The Hundred Years' War series by Jonathan Samshin, winner of the Wolfson History Prize, explains in detail this period of history related to the national destiny of Britain and France. "Trial of Fire" takes survival as its theme and spans from 1347 to 1369. It includes magnificent war scenes such as the Battle of Poitiers and the Battle of Nachla, and also focuses on the political, economic and diplomatic affairs of Britain and France. It shows the severe test of the protracted war and political and economic crisis on the state machinery and urban and rural society. This test permanently changed the relationship between the central and local governments under the monarchy system and the operation of government power, and also promoted a new round of political integration between Britain and France.

The English's long and violent attempt to dismember the continent's most powerful nation produced one of the most profound chapters in European history. The Hundred Years' War series by Jonathan Samshin, winner of the Wolfson History Prize, explains in detail this period of history related to the national destiny of Britain and France. "The Trial of War" tells only the beginning of this legend: it began with the funeral of King Charles IV of France in 1328 and ended with the surrender of the Calais garrison in 1347. Through the Battle of Sluys, the Battle of Crecy and the Siege of Calais, Edward III gained a reputation as a great military leader. However, the great test of the true meaning of Britain and France has only just begun.

In Through the Eye of a Needle, Peter Brown, a founder of the field of late antiquity, examines the rise of the church through the lens of wealth and the challenges it posed to a system that extolled the virtues of poverty and called greed the root of all evil. Brown examines the controversies caused by the influx of new wealth into the church and changing attitudes toward wealth, drawing on the perspectives of major Christian thinkers such as Augustine; describes the growing influence of wealthy donors in a crisis-ridden empire; shows the competition between using wealth to care for the poor and old-style Roman charity; and presents ordinary people who gave money to obtain heavenly treasures.

Since the end of the Cold War, the world has become neither simpler nor more peaceful. In the splendid final volume of "General History of the West," Professor Heinrich August Winkler not only leads readers into our contemporary history, but also tells us urgently and timely what the current crisis lies.

This groundbreaking book provides a detailed reconstruction of Stalin's leadership from the outbreak of World War II until his death. Drawing on new material from Russian archives, Jeffrey Roberts challenges many of the common perceptions about Stalin: his qualities as a leader, his relationships with his own generals and with other great world leaders, his foreign policy, and his role in initiating the Cold War.

With this book, Heinrich August Winkler for the first time filled a long overdue gap in the history of the West: he painted a grand picture of world history that spanned from ancient origins to the 20th century, and he authoritatively explained the major political events that occurred here, as well as the trajectories of various political ideas. With the rare master's handwriting, Heinrich August Winkler used vivid historical narrative to clearly extract the major development context of the Western world.

This book traces the development history of Russian peasants from before Kievan Rus to the mid-17th century. Through the analysis of the social, economic status and political status of Russian farmers during this period, as well as the life, religion and customs of farmers in different stages, the development history of Russian farmers is expounded from the following three aspects: first, the development of Russian village communities, farmers and agriculture; second, the evolution of farmers' land ownership forms, land rent forms and their political status; third, the development process of farmers' economy, rural market and serfdom economy. It was during this period that the Russian peasants completed their identity transformation from free farmers to serfs. Serfdom was initially established, strengthened, and finally established, and profoundly affected the course of Russian history for hundreds of years.

In 600 years, Europeans reached all parts of the world, occupied the world, and exploited the world. They also provided many of the incentives and receptive factors that shaped our world today. Because Europe's expansion was not a one-way street but a centuries-long interaction, in Wolfgang Reinhard's magnum opus he unearths what was unique before globalization. The renowned historian describes the expansion of power in time and space before world history, starting with the expansion of ancient Europe and continuing through the Middle Ages and 20th century colonization. Whether the author describes Asian trading systems or plantation slave crafts, or the ecological impacts or political legacy conflicts of European expansion, he arouses the interest of readers other than Europeans with his rich historical knowledge and easy-to-read text.

Unlike most other biographies of Marie Antoinette, the author of this book, Caroline Weber, takes a unique approach. From the perspective of clothing politics, she traces Marie's life journey from the time she set foot on French soil at the age of 14 until she was executed by revolutionaries at the age of 38. At the same time, she also retells the background and process of the outbreak of the French Revolution from this unique perspective. In the author's opinion, due to the inheritance of royal heirs, France's suspicion of Austria, and France's internal political struggles, Mary was lonely and helpless. In such a context, clothing, headdresses, and jewelry, which represent fashion, became symbols of Mary's display and even her ability to seize power. Therefore, she not only led the fashion of France at that time, but also impacted the conservative backwardness in clothing and even etiquette in France and even Europe at that time. However, her pursuit of fashion was expensive, and coupled with her status as an "Austrian girl", her pursuit of fashion made her the target of public criticism, and ultimately led to her tragic ending.

Mystras is one of the most legendary and beautiful cities located in Greece. In the last two centuries of the Byzantine Empire, it gradually developed and prospered, becoming the center of academic, artistic and even European cultural development. It has the essence of Byzantine architecture and mural art, and is the intersection of the classical world and the medieval world in "Faust". Today, however, Mystras is a lost city, overlooked by historians in the Byzantine rush. In one of the rare historical works centered on Mystras, Sir Steven Runciman recounts the past of this great city and relives the twilight glory of the Byzantine Empire.

Open this book and you will embark on a journey of debauchery that you have never imagined. The dark stories behind exquisite Renaissance works of art will definitely make your jaw drop. The book lifts the veil of excessive loftiness and divine glory, and examines the most naked aspect of the artist's daily life, and how the field he lives in mixes elegance and violence, culture and suffering; how the tension and resentment between rulers, bankers and the church became an indispensable part of the Renaissance; how irrational and prejudiced the people of the Renaissance were towards the world outside Italy.

If you're a fan of Game of Thrones or The Tudors, Dan Jones's brilliant, gripping medieval history is right up your alley. "The Empty Crown" is another magnificent epic written by British historian Dan Jones after "The Plantagenets". This book describes how the Plantagenet dynasty, which had the longest reign in England, fell apart and was replaced by the Tudors. Shakespeare's world is truly revealed in this book.

In the 1880s, as European powers carved up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized the vast land around the Congo River. He carried out genocidal plunder and oppression in the Congo. At the same time, he established himself as a great humanitarian. Hochschild used a large number of original sources when writing this book: memoirs of explorers, steamship captains and soldiers, missionary records, government investigation reports, etc. Although few African voices appear in the book, as the author puts it, "their activities and voices can still be seen and heard, although filtered by the records of their conquerors."

This book is the last volume of the "Byzantine Trilogy" and the climax of this grand epic. This volume continues the history of Alexius Comnenos' accession to the throne in 1081. Thereafter, the Fourth Crusade, led by the blind octogenarian and extremely cunning Doge of Venice, Enrique Dandolo, brought great disaster to Constantinople. The later years of the Byzantine era were filled with sorrow and they were embroiled in painful and long battles with the Ottoman Sultan. In 1453, this thousand-year empire that once spanned Europe, Asia, and Africa was wiped out with the fall of Constantinople and the death of the last emperor, Constantine XI.

In 1925, in order to cope with the increasingly fierce international competition and protect their commercial interests, six of Germany's most important chemical companies united and jointly established the Dyestuff Industry Common Interest Alliance, also known as IG Farben. Twenty years later, the senior managers of this giant company were brought to the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal, because it was with their help that the unrealistic fantasies proposed by Hitler in "Mein Kampf" were finally realized. This military-industrial complex possessed the most advanced science and technology in the world at the time, but why did it turn into a man-eating beast in Hitler's hands, directly participating in the Holocaust and committing various crimes? Through extensive interviews and research, Diarmid Jeffries restored for us the little-known dark history of Farben Industries in Nazi Germany in the book "Hell's Cartel".

For hundreds of years, Venice created a maritime commercial empire in the eastern Mediterranean, while the Turks gradually encroached on the territory of this maritime giant through their powerful land and sea power. "City of Fortune" presents a brief history of the Republic of Venice, focusing on its diplomacy and wars in the Mediterranean world. Especially its unique role in the "Fourth Crusade" and as a shield of Christendom against the Ottoman Empire. Drawing on first-hand accounts of crusaders, captains and merchants, as well as extensive national archives, this work is a saga of commerce and empire, navigation and piracy.

This book is the second volume of the "Byzantine Trilogy". Starting in 800 AD when Pope Leo III gave the crown and the title of Roman Emperor to Charlemagne, in less than 300 years, the Byzantine Empire continued to experience domestic political and religious turmoil, as well as harassment from foreign races such as the Goths, Bulgars, and Saracens. During the reign of Basil II, the "Butcher of Bulgaria", the empire reached its peak, but was defeated by the Turks at the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 and began to decline. However, at the end of this volume, a heroic savior is welcomed - Alexius Komnenos, who will once again save the empire in crisis.

In the summer of 1776, Washington's Continental Army suffered a desperate defeat in the face of the British Empire's unprecedentedly powerful maritime invasion and had to withdraw from New York. At the same time, Washington's talented general Benedict Arnold blocked the British advance with a miraculous victory on the US-Canada border, saving the newborn United States from destruction. But in 1780, this capable general of the Continental Army lost his belief in the cause of the American Revolution and defected to the British army. This made him a major stain in the history of the American Revolutionary War. By combining detailed historical documents with meticulous geographical investigation, Nathaniel Philbrick restored Benedict Arnold's life journey from a famous general to a traitor, and unfolded an epic of the North American Revolutionary War written by ordinary people rather than sages and heroes.

Based on interviews with survivors and their families, as well as numerous memoirs, letters, manuscripts, and archives, this book recreates the heroic and courageous resistance of those brave French women against the German occupation during World War II, as well as their epic efforts to survive the Auschwitz concentration camp. The book is divided into two parts, with a total of fifteen chapters. The first part narrates the experiences of French women who took active actions in the resistance movement, were unfortunately arrested, and were imprisoned in French prisons. The second part begins when the arrested women were escorted from French prisons to the Auschwitz concentration camp on the "31,000 train". It details their struggle to survive in the concentration camp, where they were always threatened by death, and how they returned home and worked hard to live after the war.

The research on the "Maritime Silk Road" includes two main parts. One is the study of the Maritime Silk Road (i. E., The maritime connections between China and various regions outside China), and the other is the study of the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the countries and regions along the route (i. E., Countries and regions other than China but related to the Maritime Silk Road). This book is a collection of essays on the Maritime Silk Road, covering a wide time and geographical area, with topics related to overseas trade, geopolitics, etc. It shows a global historical perspective and provides a model for the new research field of "Maritime Silk Road" research.

For three crucial years in the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War dominated the front pages of newspapers in the United States and around the world, and international volunteers flocked to Spain to help its democratic government fight a right-wing coup initiated by Francisco Franco and assisted by Hitler and Mussolini. This was an extremely brutal war that can be regarded to a large extent as the opening battle of World War II, but it was quickly overshadowed by the latter. The author of this book, Adam Hochschild, presents many important figures in the Spanish Civil War, including Hemingway and Orwell, and weaves their fascinating stories together to fully reveal the tragedy and importance of this war.

Lighthouses, which once stood in the foreground of American history as sentinels of the coastline, are now an integral part of the coastal landscape and have left a romantic mark on people's memories. Through the prism of lighthouses, Eric J. Dolin presents us with a fascinating piece of American history, starting with the Boston Lighthouse, America's first lighthouse. With the gradual growth of the United States as the background, he traced the days when the lighthouse system was first created, highlighting the political, economic, military and technological struggles people carried out to illuminate the country's barren coastline, and ultimately showed the game and final reconciliation between man and nature.

Suleiman the Magnificent, one of the most powerful rulers of the sixteenth century, was determined to conquer Europe. Standing in the way of his journey is an island in the Mediterranean called Malta - where the Knights Hospitallers dominate. Determined to seize the island of Malta and use its port to attack the European continent, Suleiman sent nearly 200 ships and no less than 30,000 land troops. The defenders numbered only 8,000 men and suffered terribly at various forts on the island, but were determined to fight to the last man. The siege, which the Turks expected to last only a few weeks, intensified as the Knights and Maltese held out. Earnley Bradford's richly documented and gripping book chronicles not just an epic battle, but a collision of civilizations unprecedented since the Persian invasion of Greece.

The discovery of a passage around the Horn of Africa to India was a great breakthrough in the history of navigation, but it also heralded a complete disruption of the world order. Over the next century, no European empire was more ambitious than Portugal, and no monarch was more predatory than the Portuguese kings. In the process, they created the first long-range seafaring empire, unleashing the globalizing forces that now shape our world. Through Crowley's pen, the full story of the Portuguese Empire and the human cost of its ambitions is finally told.

This book is a collection of papers published by some participating scholars at the "Research on World History in the Age of Great Change" academic symposium held by the Institute of World History of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Shanghai in 2020, as well as several articles and interviews on related topics. The book is divided into seven parts: environmental history, social and cultural history, diplomatic history, special discussions, interviews, lecture records and research reviews. The content covers the political history, economic history, diplomatic history, social and cultural history of Europe and America and other fields.

What were ancient civilizations like? The emergence of cities, the invention of iron, the rise of Greece, the return of kings, the power of the republic, the highlighting of human nature... This book is a brief history of ancient Western civilization. It is another historical narrative about the ancient Western world before the formation of the Roman Empire after Richard Myers' famous book "Carthage Must Be Destroyed." Through archaeological excavation and historical data crawling, Richard Myers attempts to travel to that distant past and lead readers to explore the origins of Western civilization. He begins in Mesopotamia and continues to the fall of the Roman Empire.

"Ice Kingdom" vividly tells the thrilling story of the famous "Janet" polar expedition in the late 19th century. The author was fortunate enough to obtain the personal letters and navigation logs left by the parties involved, and restored the thrilling historical scenes as much as possible, showing the personality and state of mind of each expedition member. In addition, through the media's competition and exaggeration for exclusive news, the imperialist expansion hidden behind the expedition, and the increasingly breakthrough scientific discoveries and technological development described in the book, "The Kingdom of Ice and Snow" paints a fascinating and surprising picture for us at the end of the 19th century. This book won the No. 1 Best History Book on Amazon in the United States in 2014, and won the title of Best Book of the Year by Time Magazine, The Washington Post and many other media.

From 58 BC to 50 BC, Caesar launched a brutal war against Gaul. The main purpose of this war was to achieve great success, but his actions were strongly opposed by the Senate. Under pressure, Caesar, who was good at winning over people's hearts, wrote "Gaul Wars". This literary treasure that has been passed down for two thousand years and that European high school students loved and feared was mainly an elaborate apology to the Roman public. Why can Caesar manipulate readers? Where in the book does it avoid reality and gloss over reality, and where does it make subtle remarks and covertly praise or criticize? Classical literature professor Sauer compared historical facts and deeply analyzed how Caesar's genre selection, perspective transformation, and rhetorical skills cleverly and secretly legitimized his actions, beautified his image, and sublimated his military achievements, thereby winning the support of ancient and modern readers.

Alexander the Great was only 32 years old when he died. At that time, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west to today's India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs, his mentally retarded half-brother Philip III and his posthumous son Alexander IV, shared regency. But Alexander's six Macedonian generals, driven by their own inner lust for power and spurred by the legend that Alexander gave the kingdom "to the strongest," began to compete for supremacy. Perhaps their most visible yet overlooked rival was Eumenes, Alexander's former Greek secretary turned general, who became the deciding factor in the fate of the precarious royal family. James Rohm, professor of classics at Bard College, will use archaeological findings and textual research to reveal the brutal struggle for control of Greece's greatest empire.

In August 1961, hours before the Berlin Wall was to be built, a KGB spy named Stashinsky defected to the West. This triggered a sensational espionage case during the Cold War. Historian Shahili Ploki used Staszynski's trial testimony, the latest declassified documents from the CIA, relevant German and Polish files, interviews and memoirs of KGB officials, and information collected from his own visits to use an academic eye to peel back the details of the espionage case, vividly recreating the secret world of espionage during the Cold War and revealing the complex game between the Eastern and Western camps.

In 2011, the so-called "Arab Spring" swept across the Middle East and North Africa. Initially hailed in the West as a victory for democracy, few expected it would turn into a brutal civil war, the horrific atrocities of the Islamic State and a global refugee crisis. In this work, the complex causes of the great convulsions in the Middle East and North Africa are vividly presented. This investigation examines this broken and turbulent land by showing the life experiences of six ordinary people living here struggling to survive, tracing the current suffering back to the US military's invasion of Iraq in 2003 and even earlier.