Clever, malevolent and with spare time on his hands, Osama bin Laden is supposed to read a lot. If the CIA wants to demoralise and to distract him, it might make sure he gets a copy of Walter Russell Mead's new book. Mr Mead, a polymath scholar at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, has never been shy of big-picture subjects. This time it is "the biggest geopolitical story of modern times: the birth, rise, triumph, defence and continuing growth of Anglo-American power despite continuing and always renewed opposition and conflict." Ever since the Glorious Revolution in 1688, Britain and America have been on the winning side, from the war of the Spanish succession to the cold war.
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机译：乌萨马·本·拉登（Osama bin Laden）聪明，恶毒而且手上有空余时间，他应该读书很多。如果中央情报局想要使他士气低落并使他分心，那可以确保他得到沃尔特·罗素·米德的新书。米德是纽约外交关系委员会的多才多艺学者，他从不避讳那些大人物。这次，这是“近代最大的地缘政治故事：尽管英美势力持续不断地发生新的冲突和冲突，但它的诞生，崛起，胜利，防御和持续增长。”自1688年的光荣革命以来，从西班牙继承战争到冷战，英国和美国一直处于制胜法宝。
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