Steven Levine: 10 books

In this book Steven Levine explores the relation between objectivity and experience from a pragmatic point of view. Like many new pragmatists he aims to rehabilitate objectivity in the wake of Richard Rorty's rejection of the concept. But he challenges the idea, put forward by pragmatists like Robert...

Although conventionally treated as separate, America's four wars in Asia were actually phases in a sustained U.S. bid for regional dominance, according to Michael H. Hunt and Steven I. Levine. This effort unfolded as an imperial project in which military power and the imposition of America's political...

**全球獨家一刀未剪中文版 最具權威性毛澤東傳記！ 披露首次解密的蘇聯檔案，撥開神化與醜化的迷霧 再現毛澤東作為革命者的激情與權謀， 作為獨裁者的殘暴與盲目， 以及身為丈夫與父親的複雜人性 從青年重視農民運動的革命者，到老年將全中國捲入鬥爭的掌權者 ※...

In 2002, the University of Alabama's Department of Religious Studies established the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and social sciences. Writing...

Deng Xiaoping joined the Chinese Communist movement as a youth and rose in its ranks to become an important lieutenant of Mao's from the 1930s onward. Two years after Mao's death in 1976, Deng became the de facto leader of the Chinese Communist Party and the prime architect of China's post-Mao reforms....

This major new biography of Mao uses extensive Russian documents previously unavailable to biographers to reveal surprising details about Mao’s rise to power and his leadership in China. Mao Zedong was one of the most important figures of the twentieth century, the most important in the history...

Tyrann, "Held der Armen", Despot und Poet – die maßgebliche Biographie Mao ZedongsEr lebte und agierte wie der letzte Kaiser von China: Mao Zedong, der "Große Vorsitzende" der Volksrepublik China. Es gibt zahlreiche Mythen und Propagandabilder, die sein Leben nachzeichnen....

"China's Bitter Victory" is a comprehensive analysis of China's epochal war with Japan. Striving for a holistic understanding of China's wartime experience, the contributors examine developments in the Nationalist, communist, and Japanese-occupied areas of the country. More than just a history...

潘佐夫繼《毛澤東：真實的故事》後，最新鉅作！ 迄今最中立、最權威的鄧小平傳記 唯一使用蘇聯解密檔案及獨家訪談資料，完整解讀鄧小平的一生 要了解現在的中國，就要了解改變中國的鄧小平 他經歷整風、反右、文革的腥風血雨，在鬥爭算計中站上權力頂峰 他以改革開放的鑰匙，打開中國經濟發展門戶 他對六四事件的定奪，決斷了中國民主的命運 他對一國兩制的堅持，影響了今日的兩岸關係 ※...

This text examines the Pacific War, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, from the perspective of those who fought the wars and lived through them. The relationship between history and memory informs the book, and each war is relocated in the historical and cultural experiences of Asian countries.