第十二期培训模拟考试参考译文

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　Brzezinski, national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, has written one of the most important books on U.S. foreign policy since September 11 . Among the handful of practitioners who write seriously and often about U.S. foreign policy, only Henry Kissinger (another import) can compare with Brzezinski in terms of historical knowledge and imagination. When it comes to what might be called the "philosophy" of foreign policy -- the relationship of U.S. power and policy to broader historical and cultural trends -- no statesman of Brzezinski's generation is in his league. And no Democrat of any age can match Brzezinski's grasp of the national interest and its sometimes difficult relationship to the values of liberal society.

　《选择》一书让读者看到了作者在这些方面的卓越才智。布热津斯基高屋建瓴，带领读者巡视美国外交政策的历程，他讨论一个民主社会成为全球霸权后不可避免的矛盾与冲突，他批评布什政府，并指出前进的方向，而所有这一切全囊括在这本 200 多页的书中。即便你对他批评布什政府的观点不敢苟同，却还是会赞叹他的远见卓识。民主党人正摩拳擦掌，要整合出一套严肃的外交政策与布什较量，那么他们就必须读一读《选择》这本书。