摘要：Why did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six d

《The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991》

《The World of the Cold War: 1945-1991》

作者：Vladislav Zubok

出版年月：2025-05

出版社：Pelican

A sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaimed historian of the USSR

著名苏联史学者撰写的一部全面而原创的冷战史著作

Why did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six decades? And what led to the spectacular collapse of the Soviet Union?

冷战为何在二战后不久爆发？它为何如此迅速地升级，并在六十年间席卷五大洲？又是什么导致了苏联的轰然解体？

In this comprehensive guide to the most widespread conflict in contemporary history, Vladislav Zubok traces the origins of the Cold War in post-war Europe, through the tumultuous decades of confrontation, to the fall of the Berlin Wall and beyond.

在这本关于当代史上影响最为广泛的冲突的全面指南中，弗拉基米尔·祖博克追溯了冷战在战后欧洲的起源，从动荡的数十年对抗到柏林墙的倒塌及其后的历史进程。

With remarkable clarity and unique perspective, Zubok argues that the Cold War, often seen as an existential battle between capitalist democracy and totalitarian communism, has long been misunderstood. He challenges the popular Western narrative that economic superiority and democratic values led the USA to victory. Instead, he looks beyond the familiar images of East-West rivalry, shining a light on the impact of non-Western actors and placing the war in the context of global decolonization, Soviet weakness and the accidents of history. Here, he interrogates what happens when stability and peace are no longer the default, when treaties are broken and when diplomacy ceases to function.

祖博克以其清晰的思路和独特的视角，指出冷战（通常被视为资本主义民主与共产主义之间一场关乎生死存亡的斗争）长期以来一直被误解。他挑战了西方流行的“经济优势和民主价值观引领美国走向胜利”的叙事。相反，他的视角超越了人们所熟知的东西方竞争形象，揭示了非西方行为体的影响，并将这场战争置于全球非殖民化、苏联衰弱和历史偶然性的背景下。本书探讨了当稳定与和平不再是常态、当条约被撕毁、当外交手段失效时，会发生什么。

Drawing on years of research and informed by Zubok’s three decades in the USSR followed by three decades in the West, The World of the Cold Warpaints a striking portrait of a world on the brink.

本书以祖博克多年的研究为基础，并结合其在苏联和西方生活三十年的经历，描绘了一幅令人震撼的濒临崩溃的世界图景。

作者简介

Vladislav Zubokis Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is the author of several books, includingCollapseandA Failed Empire and is the recipient of the Lionel Gelber Prize and the Marshall Shulman Prize, as well as a finalist for the Cundill Prize.

弗拉基米尔·祖博克是伦敦政治经济学院国际史教授。他著有《崩溃》（Collapse）和《失败的帝国》（A Failed Empire，中译本为社会科学文献出版社2014年版）等多部著作，曾获莱昂内尔·盖尔伯奖和马歇尔·舒尔曼奖，并入围坎迪尔奖。

赞誉推荐

Monumental and still highly readable... by smartly knitting together the past with the present, Zubok’s book brings a prescient and fresh perspective.

-- Financial Times

祖博克的著作气势恢宏，至今仍极具可读性……他巧妙地将过去与现在交织在一起，带来了富有远见的全新视角。

-- 《金融时报》

Compelling and timely.

-- Observer

引人入胜且适时。

-- 《观察家报》

Immensely scholarly, and its sweep is considerable... Zubok has complete command of his narrative, based on a deep knowledge of his subject.

-- Telegraph

学术性极强，内容广泛……祖博克凭借对主题的深刻理解，掌控了叙事。

-- 《每日电讯报》

Always sensible... Make(s) comprehensible a Russian perspective on a key question of 20th-century history that we generally see only from the American side.

-- Sheila Fitzpatrick -- London Review of Books

始终通情达理……从俄罗斯视角解读了我们通常只从美国角度看待的20世纪历史关键问题

-- 希拉·菲茨帕特里克 -- 《伦敦书评》

Among the scholars writing about the history of Soviet/ Russian foreign policy, Vladislav Zubok is one of the most distinguished. We are fortunate that he has now turned his attention to writing an overall account of the Cold War. This provocative, comprehensive, and insightful analysis not only incorporates the latest scholarship but is also remarkably lucid and accessible. Students will be enlightened; experts will be challenged to reassess their thinking. This volume is a major contribution.

-- Melvyn P. Leffler

在众多研究苏联/俄罗斯外交政策史的学者中，弗拉基米尔·祖博克是最杰出的一位。我们很荣幸，他现在将注意力转向撰写一部关于冷战的全面论述。这部发人深省、全面而富有洞察力的分析著作不仅融合了最新的学术成果，而且非常清晰易懂。学生将获得启迪；专家们将面临重新审视自身思维的挑战。本书意义重大。

-- 梅尔文·P·莱弗勒

Vladislav Zubok’s accomplishments eminently qualify him to write this epic and exciting reconsideration of Cold War history. Along with new information from Soviet archives is a compelling interpretation of how capitalism itself, not just geopolitics, was changed by the Cold War - with consequential ramifications for our time.

-- Samuel Moyn

弗拉基米尔·祖博克的成就使他有资格撰写这部史诗般、激动人心的冷战历史反思著作。本书不仅引用了苏联档案中的新资料，还对冷战如何改变了资本主义本身，而不仅仅是地缘政治，进行了令人信服的解读，并对我们这个时代产生了深远的影响。

-- 塞缪尔·莫因

From Moscow’s liberal intelligentsia, distinguished for decades in British and American academia, Vladislav Zubok brings relevant experience and perceptive scholarship to this finely judged retelling of the Cold War. It’s a pleasure to read.

-- Rodric Braithwaite

弗拉基米尔·祖博克出身莫斯科自由派知识分子，数十年来在英美学术界享有盛誉。他凭借丰富的经验和敏锐的学术洞察力，为这部对冷战进行了细致的复述。读起来令人愉悦。

-- 罗德里克·布雷斯韦特

The Cold War is not just history – it also reflects many aspects of our current turbulent world. Vladislav Zubok’s outstanding new account of that period not only shows deep historical scholarship but also his ability to see the era from multiple angles, not just the victorious west, but the view of the Soviets, the newly emergent postcolonial world, and figures ranging from diplomats to economists to technologists. A short history that says a very great deal about a crucial period.

-- Rana Mitter

冷战不仅仅是历史，它还反映了当今动荡世界的诸多方面。弗拉基米尔·祖博克对那段时期的杰出新著述不仅展现了他深厚的历史学识，也展现了他从多个角度审视那段时期的能力，不仅关注胜利的西方，还关注苏联、新兴的后殖民世界以及从外交官到经济学家再到技术专家等各界人士的视角。这部简短的历史著作，却深刻地揭示了那段关键时期。

-- 拉纳·米特

With conviction and unique insight, Zubok argues that global decolonization, inherent Soviet weakness, and political contingencies led to the end of the Cold War. A masterful study, which should be read by everyone interested in contemporary international history.

-- Odd Arne Westad

祖博克以其坚定的信念和独特的洞察力，认为全球非殖民化、苏联固有的弱点以及政治上的偶然性导致了冷战的结束。这是一部大师级的研究著作，所有对当代国际史感兴趣的人都应该阅读。

-- 奥德·阿恩·韦斯塔德

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