；Rahimpour, Mohammad Reza (Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran),Makarem, Mohammad Amin (Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Shiraz Univer
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入圍2020年坎迪爾歷史獎（Cundill History Prize）入選《紐約時報》（New York Times）2020年關注書籍入選《科克斯書評》（Kirkus Reviews）2020年最佳非小說類書籍入選《金融時報》（Financial Times）2020年最佳政治類書籍葛塔藉由本書給予了讀者許多精彩的故事，可看到西亞地區發生許多牽一髮而動全身的事件。……一九七九年之後的西亞與國際局勢，伊朗的革命確實在其中產生重要影響。在這時代若以伊朗作為觀察西亞局勢發展的中心，並不會過於誇張。葛塔以一九七九年之後的伊朗作為本書的主要角色，可見她了解若要觀察今日西亞局勢，必須把伊朗放在最核心的位置。——陳立樵（輔仁大學歷史系副教授）│專文導讀當代中東的面貌是如何形成的？極端主義、恐怖分子為何成了中東世界的代名詞？1979年為什麼是中東歷史重要的關鍵時間點？1979年，伊朗革命、麥加禁寺圍困事件與蘇聯入侵阿富汗相繼發生。金姆．葛塔在《黑潮》中，透過廣泛而細膩的調查，詳盡剖析這三件關鍵大事的前因後果，以及對西亞地區往後的歷史、文化、宗教與地緣政治形勢造成的深遠影響。《黑潮》描述了遜尼派的沙烏地阿拉伯和什葉派的伊朗走向反目的歷程，並揭示兩國如何在競爭中對宗教加以利用和扭曲。這場爭奪文化統治力的戰爭從中東蔓延到埃及與巴基斯坦，產生了數不清的衝突、謀殺與迫害，不僅刺激宗教極端主義的孳生，更導致911恐怖襲擊和ISIS的崛起。金姆．葛塔向我們介紹了四十年來被地緣政治劇情顛覆了生活的人們：從反抗本國獨裁者的巴基斯坦電視主播、因不雅文字而入獄的埃及小說家，一直到2018年在沙烏地駐伊斯坦堡領事館遇害的記者哈紹吉。這是一本全面而有力的巨作，將會大大地改變人們對中東的認知。名家推薦中東糾葛的現代火藥庫，就是一環繼承著一環、舊恨不斷觸發新仇的記憶拼圖——從1979的革命狂潮到伊斯坦堡領事館的駭人慘案——任何當代的政經解析都躲不了過去的歷史傷痕，也唯仔細剖析每一個關鍵人物的遭遇與決策，才有辦法理解如今中東仍不斷更新的「下一場現代危機」。——張鎮宏（《報導者》國際新聞主編）在當代，要思索自己身處的世界，到底是怎麼搞成這樣的？我們究竟出了什麼問題？並不是件容易的事情。需要在關照每一個切身事件的同時，避免情緒與主觀的遮蔽，嘗試以更宏大的視野，整理出看似不相干事件之間的脈絡。做為傑出記者的作者，正
二戰正式打響，英國男孩Solly被送往英國鄉間躲避倫敦大轟炸，在華沙的表親Bernie則因猶太身分日益危險，冒險前往蘇軍占領區，卻一度進了勞改營。兩名少年在信件裡傾訴彼此的經歷，互相鼓舞，兩人的書信往返，在動盪時代下見證殘酷與希望。Beginning in 1939, young Solly in London exchanges letters with his teenaged cousin, Bernie, in Poland. While Solly is evacuated and tries his best to adjust to life in the English countryside, Bernie's parents know that as Jews they're not safe staying in Warsaw, so they send Bernie to the Russian-occupied side of the country in the hope that he'll be safer there.Soon, though, he is arrested and sent off to a forced labour camp in Russia.As the cousins exchange sporadic letters, they try to keep their spirits up, trading jokes and observations about the world changing all around them.Then Bernie seizes the opportunity to join the "Anders Army" and fight the Axis powers, and tells Solly all about his experiences in Iran and eventually Italy, where he fights alongside the British at the famous Battle of Monte Cassino.Does Bernie survive and find a safe place to call home?
From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic, geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. On March 12, 2034, US Navy Commodore Sarah Hunt is on the bridge of her flagship, the guided missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones, conducting a routine freedom of navigation patrol in the South China Sea when her ship detects an unflagged trawler in clear distress, smoke billowing from its bridge. On that same day, US Marine aviator Major Chris Wedge Mitchell is flying an F35E Lightning over the Strait of Hormuz, testing a new stealth technology as he flirts with Iranian airspace. By the end of that day, Wedge will be an Iranian prisoner, and Sarah Hunt's destroyer will lie at the bottom of the sea, sunk by the Chinese Navy. Iran and China have clearly coordinated their moves, which involve the use of powerful new forms of cyber weapo
