“The international world of states and their modern system is a literary realm,” writes Charles Hill in this powerful work on the practice of international relations. “It is where the greatest issues of the human condition are played out.” A distinguished lifelong diplomat and educator, Hill aims to revive the ancient tradition of statecraft as practiced by humane and broadly educated men and women. Through lucid and compelling discussions of classic literary works from Homer to Rushdie, Grand Strategies represents a merger of literature and international relations, inspired by the conviction that “a grand strategist . . . needs to be immersed in classic texts from Sun Tzu to Thucydides to George Kennan, to gain real-world experience through internships in the realms of statecraft, and to bring this learning and experience to bear on contemporary issues.” This fascinating and engaging introduction to the basic concepts of the international order not only defines what it is to build a civil society through diplomacy, justice, and lawful governance but also describes how these ideas emerge from and reflect human nature. (20091221)

"查尔斯-希尔在这部关于国际关系实践的强大著作中写道："国家的国际世界及其现代体系是一个文学领域。"它是人类条件下最伟大的问题发挥出来的地方"。作为一名杰出的终身外交官和教育家，希尔的目标是恢复由富有人性和受过广泛教育的男人和女人所实践的古代治国传统。通过对从荷马到拉什迪的经典文学作品进行清晰而有说服力的讨论，《大战略》代表了文学和国际关系的合并，其灵感来自于这样的信念："大战略家......需要沉浸在从孙子到修昔底德到乔治-肯南的经典文本中，通过在国家管理领域的实习获得实际经验，并将这种学习和经验用于当代问题。" 这本关于国际秩序基本概念的引人入胜的介绍，不仅定义了通过外交、正义和合法治理建立公民社会的意义，而且还描述了这些思想是如何产生和反映人性的。(20091221)