羅柏．d．卡普蘭Robert D Kaplan: 26 books

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《外交政策》雜誌評選「全球百大思想家」， 《世界的盡頭》、《南中國海》、《地理的復仇》作者羅柏．卡普蘭2016年最新力作 理解俄國與歐盟紛爭的一把鑰匙，除卻2014年烏克蘭克里米亞，下一個將受到國際關注的衝突地域 本書將帶引讀者走入一個位處歐洲邊陲，歐、亞文化交融並陳的「德古拉」神祕國度——羅馬尼亞 羅柏．卡普蘭於一九七○年代初次造訪羅馬尼亞，當時他是一名年輕記者，羅馬尼亞則是共產世界中一個慘澹蕭條的偏遠國度。它位於歐洲的一個晦暗角落，鮮少受到西方人的關注；它具有攸關世局的重要性，但卻經常受到忽略。隨著那次初訪而來的，是作者畢生對這個國家的迷戀。時至今日，俄羅斯以不同方式對歐洲構成威脅，而羅馬尼亞正是理解這個局面的關鍵要素。 《歐洲暗影》行文風格明快有力，融合回憶錄、旅行誌、報導文學、歷史書寫等元素，是作者醞釀三十年而成的大師之作，完整呈現一名青年記者力求成長、一個弱勢國家奮力向上的歷程，將一個外來個體的身影與一個在地國族的命運巧妙地交織在一起。從地緣特質、帝國主義、納粹大屠殺、冷戰，到國際關係中扮演的角色，作者透過羅馬尼亞這面透鏡，檢視諸多影響深遠的議題。 在本書中，卡普蘭詳細闡明拉丁化的西歐與希臘化的東歐如何鎔冶出羅馬尼亞，以及包括拜占庭帝國、鄂圖曼帝國、奧地利哈布斯堡王朝、俄羅斯沙皇國，希特勒納粹德國、共產蘇聯，以至現代的俄羅斯與歐盟，是如何從各個方方面面影響羅馬尼亞的盛衰起伏。這是位處地緣敏感帶國家的宿命，但也是她的機會。 透過卡普蘭的筆尖，羅馬尼亞的過去與現在化成本書中一頁頁鮮活而優美的散文，讓一個又一個電影畫面般的場景躍然紙上：冷戰期間那些神情枯槁、在冷風中排隊買麵包的布加勒斯特民眾；千百年間被入侵者蹂躪成一片荒蕪的柏勒甘大草原；宏偉地矗立在外西凡尼亞及馬拉穆列什地區的哥德式教堂尖頂……卡普蘭時而同過去的偉大思想家們對話，時而與今日的羅馬尼亞民眾交談；於是我們看到，這群人是如何在這個俄羅斯重新崛起的時代，致力讓人文主義的火焰持續發光。 【國際書評】 一部聲勢浩大的文化性及政治性旅行書寫，讓羅馬尼亞錯綜複雜的過去及混沌迷離的現在鮮活地躍然眼前，展現全新的急迫性。 ——柯林．施伯龍（Colin...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoon and Balkan Ghosts, offers a revelatory new prism through which to view global upheavals and to understand what lies ahead for continents and countries around the world. Bestselling...

From the New York Times bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world’s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, comes a riveting journey through one of Europe’s frontier countries—and a potent examination of the forces that will determine Europe’s fate in the postmodern...

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES From Robert D. Kaplan, named one of the world’s Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine, comes a penetrating look at the volatile region that will dominate the future of geopolitical conflict.** Over the last decade,...

A bracing assessment of U.S. foreign policy and world disorder over the past two decades from the bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography and The Coming Anarchy “[Kaplan] has emerged not only as an eloquent defender of foreign-policy realism but as a grand strategist to whom the Pentagon...

An incisive portrait of the American landscape that shows how geography continues to determine America’s role in the world Book Club Pick for Now Read This, from PBS NewsHour and The New York Times • “There is more insight here into the Age of Trump than in bushels of political-horse-race...

Robert D. Kaplan is one of our leading international journalists, someone who can explain the most complicated and volatile regions and show why they’re relevant to our world. In Surrender or Starve, Kaplan illuminates the fault lines in the Horn of Africa, which is emerging as a crucial region...

In Mediterranean Winter, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Balkan Ghosts and Eastward to Tartary, relives an austere, haunting journey he took as a youth through the off-season Mediterranean. The awnings are rolled up and the other tourists are gone, so the damp, cold weather takes him back...

Having reported on some of the world's most violent, least understood regions in his bestsellers Balkan Ghosts and The Ends of the Earth, Robert Kaplan now returns to his native land, the United States of America. Traveling, like Tocqueville and John Gunther before him, through a political and cultural...

First time in paperback, with a new Introduction and final chapter World affairs expert and intrepid travel journalist Robert D. Kaplan braved the dangers of war-ravaged Afghanistan in the 1980s, living among the mujahidin—the “soldiers of god”—whose unwavering devotion to Islam fueled...

Author of Balkan Ghosts, Robert D. Kaplan now travels from West Africa to Southeast Asia to report on a world of disintegrating nation-states, warring nationalities, metastasizing populations, and dwindling resources. He emerges with a gritty tour de force of travel writing and political journalism....

Eastward to Tartary*,* Robert Kaplan's first book to focus on a single region since his bestselling Balkan Ghosts, introduces readers to an explosive and little-known part of the world destined to become a tinderbox of the future. Kaplan takes us on a spellbinding journey into the heart of...

A fascinating, unprecedented first-hand look at the soldiers on the front lines on the Global War on Terror. Plunging deep into midst of some of the hottest conflicts on the globe, Robert D. Kaplan takes us through mud and jungle, desert and dirt to the men and women on the ground who are leading...