书单｜布莱内：没有这些书，我写不出《世界简史》和《20世纪简史》
《世界简史》参考书
Jacques Barzun, From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, Harper Collins, New York, 2000.
Geoffrey Blainey, A Short History of Christianity, Penguin Books, Melbourne, 2012.
Fernand Braudel, A History of Civilization, trans. Richard Mayne, Allen Lane, Penguin Books, 1994.
Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World, Princeton University Press, 2007.
Michael Cook, A Brief History of the Human Race, Granta, London,2003.
Norman Davies, Europe: A History, Pimlico, London, 1997.
Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13000 Years, Vintage, London, 1998.
E. H. Gombrich, The Story of Art, Phaidon, London, 1972.
Immanuel Hsu, The Rise of Modern China, Oxford University Press,New York, 1995.
Olwen Hufton, The Prospect Before Her: A History of Women in Western Europe, 2 vols, Fontana, London, 1997.
Paul Johnson, A History of the Jews, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987.
Barry Jones, Dictionary of World Biography, 3rd ed., Information Australia, Melbourne, 1998.
Eric Jones, The European Miracle: Environments, Economies and Geopolotics in the History of Europe and Aisa, 3rd ed.,Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Economic Change and Military Conflict from 1500 to 2000, Random House, New York, 1989.
Thomas Sowell, Conquests and Cultures: An International History, Basic Books, New York, 1998.
《20世纪简史》参考书
Beschloss, MichaelR., The Crisis Years: Kennedy and Khrushchev, 1960-1963, New York, 1991.
Blainey, Geoffrey, The Causes of War, New York, 1973 plus.
Cohen, J. M & M.J. The Penguin Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Quotations, London, 1993.
Davies, Norman, Europe: A History, London, 1997.
Evans, Richard J, The Coming of the Third Reich, London, 2003.
Feruson, Niall, The Pity of War, New York, 1999.
Galbraith, JamesKenneth, The Age of Uncertainty, London,1977.
Gilbert, Martin, A History of the Twentieth Century, London, 3vols., 1997-1999.
Hohnson, Paul, A History of the American People, New York, 1998.
Michel, Henri, The Second World War, London, 1975.
Porter, Roy, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind; A Medical History of Humanity, London, 1997.
Roberts, J. M., The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century, London, 2000.
Sowell, Thomas, Migrations and Cultures: A World View, New York,1996.
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, New York, 2004.
Wilson, A. N., God’s Funeral, London, 1999.