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The last great historian: Walter Laqueur and political violence

机译：最后一位伟大的历史学家：沃尔特·拉奎尔和政治暴力

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In July 2018, a mere 3 months before his passing, Walter Laqueur penned an article titled, The Generation That Shaped Our Understanding of the 20th Century is Gone.'1 This essay, a eulogy to many of his contemporaries who had died in the previous years, was a fitting piece to celebrate not only his friends and colleagues, but also his own legacy. Some of the figures he discussed were niche scholars, writing the early histories of Europe after World War II. Others like Bernard Lewis and Zbigniew Brzezinski were celebrated throughout their entire lives, remaining in the public eye for decades, and playing the role of public intellectuals who quibbled over current affairs and gave answers when the public needed them. Walter, always a humble man, only inserted himself into the piece as an observer, letting the stories of others exemplify what this generation had given and what the world had lost. What he left unsaid though is that he was able to write this essay not only because he was the last of the generation, but because he himself was a closer approximation to the platonic ideal of a public intellectual, knowledgeable in a myriad of subjects and actively participating in the most salient debates of the past 80 years. In a career that began in the 1940s, Walter Laqueur had the mental agility and acuity to write with eloquence on everything from Russia and the Middle East to terrorism and insurgency. In the process, he not only anticipated many of the challenges confronting the world, such as the rise of religious terrorism, he also furnished the intellectual framework upon which these subjects are studied, helping establish numerous fields as viable subjects of inquiries that have grown by engaging many of Walter's original insights.
机译：2018年7月，就在去世前三个月，沃尔特·拉奎尔（Walter Laqueur）发表了一篇题为《塑造我们对20世纪的理解的一代》的文章.1年，不仅是一次庆祝他的朋友和同事，也为了庆祝他自己的遗产的活动。他讨论的一些人物是利基学者，他们写了第二次世界大战后欧洲的早期历史。像伯纳德·刘易斯（Bernard Lewis）和兹比格涅夫·布热津斯基（Zbigniew Brzezinski）这样的人在他们的整个一生中都受到了庆祝，并在公众视线中保持了数十年，并扮演了公共知识分子的角色，他们对时事之以鼻，并在公众需要时给予解答。沃尔特始终是一个谦虚的人，只是以观察者的身份将其插入作品中，让其他人的故事例证了这一代人所付出的一切以及世界所失去的一切。他没有说的是，他之所以能够写这篇文章，不仅是因为他是这一代的最后一代，而且因为他本人更接近于公共知识分子的柏拉图式理想，他对各种学科知识渊博，而且积极主动。参加过去80年来最显着的辩论。在1940年代开始的职业生涯中，沃尔特·拉奎尔（Walter Laqueur）具有敏锐的思维和敏锐的洞察力，能够雄辩地报道从俄罗斯和中东到恐怖主义和叛乱的一切事物。在此过程中，他不仅预见了世界面临的许多挑战，例如宗教恐怖主义的兴起，而且还提供了研究这些主题的知识框架，从而帮助建立了许多领域，成为了不断增长的询问主题。吸收Walter的许多原始见解。

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    《Small wars & insurgencies》 |2019年第1期|255-262|共8页
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    Christopher Wall;

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    Georgetown University and Giant Oak Corporation, Washington DC, USA;

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