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　　The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months

during World War II is one of the great construction feats in

American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower,

resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier

General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that

ranks with the White House, the Vatican, and a handful of other

structures as symbols recognized around the world. Now veteran

military reporter Steve Vogel reveals for the first time the

remarkable story of the Pentagon’s construction, from it’s dramatic

birth to its rebuilding after the September 11 attack.

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　　Steve Vogel is a veteran military reporter for The Washington

Post. His coverage of the war in Afghanistan was part of a package

of Washington Post stories selected as a finalist for the 2002

Pulitzer Prize. He covered the September 11 terrorist attack on the

Pentagon and subsequently reported in-depth on the victims of the

attack and the building’s reconstruction. The winner of several

journalism awards, Vogel covered the war in Iraq and the first Gulf

War, as well as U.S. military operations in Rwanda, Somalia, and

the Balkans. A graduate of the College of William and Mary, he

received a master’s degree in international public policy from the

Paul H. Nitze Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced

International Studies.

　　From the Hardcover edition.

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The creation of the Pentagon in seventeen whirlwind months during World War II is one of the great construction feats in American history, involving a tremendous mobilization of manpower, resources, and minds. In astonishingly short order, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell conceived and built an institution that ranks with the White House, the Vatican, and a handful of other structures as symbols recognized around the world. Now veteran military reporter Steve Vogel reveals for the first time the remarkable story of the Pentagon’s construction, from it’s dramatic birth to its rebuilding after the September 11 attack.

At the center of the story is the tempestuous but courtly Somervell–“dynamite in a Tiffany box,” as he was once described. In July 1941, the Army construction chief sprang the idea of building a single, huge headquarters that could house the entire War Department, then scattered in seventeen buildings around Washington. Somervell ordered drawings produced in one weekend and, despite a firestorm of opposition, broke ground two months later, vowing that the building would be finished in little more than a year. Thousands of workers descended on the site, a raffish Virginia neighborhood known as Hell’s Bottom, while an army of draftsmen churned out designs barely one step ahead of their execution. Seven months later the first Pentagon employees skirted seas of mud to move into the building and went to work even as construction roared around them. The colossal Army headquarters helped recast Washington from a sleepy southern town into the bustling center of a reluctant empire.

Vivid portraits are drawn of other key figures in the drama, among them Franklin D. Roosevelt, the president who fancied himself an architect; Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall, both desperate for a home for the War Department as the country prepared for battle; Colonel Leslie R. Groves, the ruthless force of nature who oversaw the Pentagon’s construction (as well as the Manhattan Project to create an atomic bomb); and John McShain, the charming and dapper builder who used his relationship with FDR to help land himself the contract for the biggest office building in the world.

The Pentagon’s post-World War II history is told through its critical moments, including the troubled birth of the Department of Defense during the Cold War, the tense days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the tumultuous 1967 protest against the Vietnam War. The pivotal attack on September 11 is related with chilling new detail, as is the race to rebuild the damaged Pentagon, a restoration that echoed the spirit of its creation.

This study of a single enigmatic building tells a broader story of modern American history, from the eve of World War II to the new wars of the twenty-first century. Steve Vogel has crafted a dazzling work of military social history that merits comparison with the best works of David Halberstam or David McCullough. Like its namesake, The Pentagon is a true landmark.

"Among books dealing with seemingly impossible engineering feats, this easily ranks with David McCullough’s The Great Bridge and The Path Between the Seas , as well as Ross King’s Brunelleschi’s Dome ." - Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

"Vogel artfully weaves architectural and cultural history, thus creating a brilliant and illuminating study of this singular (and, in many ways, sacred) American space." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

"An amazing story, expertly researched and beautifully told. Part history, part adventure yarn, The Pentagon is above all else the biography of an American icon." - Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of An Army at Dawn

"This book, like the Pentagon itself, is a stunning and monumental achievement." –Andrew Carroll, editor of the New York Times bestsellers, War Letters and Behind the Lines

"Superb! Not only the best biography of a building ever written, but a fascinating look at the human architecture behind the Pentagon--the saints and scoundrels of our national defense. With his decades of experience covering the military and a web of insider connections, Steve Vogel has produced a book that's not only timely and a treat to read, but a stellar example of how to write history in the twenty-first century." - Ralph Peters, author of Never Quit The Fight

“This concrete behemoth – the largest office building in the world – is also the product of considerable human ingenuity and resourcefulness, as Steve Vogel amply demonstrates in his interesting account… This is not, of course, the first account of the [9/11] attack, but with its Clancyesque action and firsthand detail… it is surely the most vivid.” — Witold Rybczynski, The New York Times Book Review , June 10, 2007

"Vogel's account shines . . . . [A]n engrossing and revealing account. . . . Vogel provides a first-rate account of the transformation of a dilapidated Arlington neighborhood into what Norman Mailer called "the true and high church of the military industrial complex." -- Yonatan Lupu, The San Francisco Chronicle, June 10, 2007

“The saga of the construction of the Pentagon, skillfully recounted by Steve

Vogel, a military reporter on the Washington Post , is as enthralling as it

is improbable. . . . It was one of the greatest engineering feats of the

20th century–driven by the intelligence and willpower of larger-than-life

figures prepared to cut corners and demand the impossible. Mr Vogel has

brought to our notice a thrilling achievement.”– The Economist, June 30, 2007

A Wall Street Journal selection forits 2007 summer reading list.

“THE PLOT: How the Pentagon, the world's most famous defense building, was

erected just as the U.S was pulled into World War II, and its subsequent

history, including the rebuilding after the Sept. 11 attack.

THE BACKSTORY: Mr. Vogel spent two years writing and researching the book.

"The Pentagon" has drawn rave prepublication reviews, and within Random

House there is hope that it will fill the usual summer slot for a big

history title. It's printing 30,000 copies to start.

WHAT GRABBED US: Anecdotes about the Pentagon's early days. The cafeteria

couldn't keep up with the flood of workers; security was so lax in 1972

that the Weathermen walked in and planted a bomb, which exploded in a

bathroom.”–Robert Hughes, The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2007

“Steve Vogel's marvelous work recounts the construction of one

of the world's most iconic buildings - the Pentagon. But more compelling by

far, he relates the human stories underlying this huge construction effort.

. . .All this would of itself be enough to warrant a book but Vogel plunges on

to an appropriate second story: the terrorist assault of 9/11 and the

Pentagon's subsequent resurrection. This section of the book, due perhaps

to the proximity of the event, is all the more compelling. . .

–Frederick J. Chiaventone, New York Post , June 17, 2007

“Vogel's writing coupled with the dynamic, conflict-strewn

history of the Pentagon provides for a fascinating and comfortable read

while giving new insight into an old Washington landmark."– Roll Call , June 5, 2007

“Students, writers and historians will use The Pentagon as a

reference book for years to come. Vogel has created an admirable, timely

and immensely readable book. It is a must read for anyone who has ever

worked in the building.”– The Pentagram , June 17, 2007

"Steve Vogel has provided two excellent books in one: an interesting

account of the frenetic effort to build the world's largest office building

in order to support the U.S. entry into World War II, and an equally

fascinating study of how the building survived and was reborn in the

renovation effort so rudely interrupted on Sept. 11, 2001. . . .

Vogel has done a great service to a historic structure and its people.

–Raymond Leach, The Virginian-Pilot , July 29, 2007

"Few major buildings were constructed in as much of a hurry and with as

many challenges as the building that is synonymous with the nation's

defense. Almost by accident, it is one of the best-known buildings in the

world. The building, of course, is the Pentagon, and its story is wonderfully told

in a new book ``The Pentagon -- A History''(Random House) by veteran

Washington Post military writer Steve Vogel. . . .Every building of any size and complexity has a story; few of them are this compelling.”

–Tom Condon, The Hartford Courant , July 22, 2007

[Vogel] "puts on display his superlative skills as a journalist with capturing

human detail. Above all, he reminds us that history is made by living

people, and he has a biographer's fascination with the details of dozens of

personalities who made the Pentagon what it is today."

–Mark Falcoff, The New York Sun , July 11, 2007

"Vogel vividly depicts the horror of those inside the Pentagon on

September 11, 2001 and then skillfully describes the rebirth of the

Pentagon through the Phoenix Project. His intimate knowledge of the

construction process and his years of research energize these pages. . . .

[T]here is simply no bett...

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• 作者：W 发布时间：2016-03-30 15:59:47

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  中国伊斯兰教，乍一听又是所谓中国特色，实质上有其特定内涵。作者在肇始处点明中华文化的多元包容性，实则为中华文化的扩张、内涵的丰富，提供了空间。

• 漫画编剧是做什么的？

  作者：后浪漫 发布时间：2020-04-21 17:58:19

  “漫画编剧”——一个多么令人浮想联翩的词语。在年轻的读者眼中，编剧们创作着一个个非凡卓绝的人物与他们惊心动魄的冒险故事；而资深读者透过这层艺术的表象，看到的则是一个人驼着背，孤独地在工作室里敲击着键盘。

  漫画编剧——藏在幕后的人

  这是一个神秘的职业。如果人们认为一部漫画可以被轻松地“写”出来，那么他们或许无法想象漫画编剧的日常生活，亦不知道其真实的工作内容及重要性。

  交谈中时常会提到一个问题，如今它已变成了一个经典问题。第一次听到它的漫画编剧们（毫无疑问他们以后还会听到很多次）与同行聊天时，会惊讶地发现原来这个问题已经被提到很多次。

  它就是：“哇，你是漫画编剧？就是你把对白填进气泡里的吗？”

  从这个简单的问题我们可以看出，大家可能把编剧、填字师以及对白设计师弄混了。显然，对于大众来说，漫画编剧的作用以及他在产业链中的位置十分模糊。

  相比之下，电影编剧就容易理解多了：他负责设计演员们的动作和台词。除了他，还有很多人参与电影的拍摄，从他们的名称上便可以判断各自的职责，例如：灯光师、摄影师、道具师、剪辑师等。他们一环扣一环地支撑起了电影这个巨大的集体产业。

  即使人们对电影编剧的理解仍有混淆，但在媒体的作用下，这一职业已经为人所熟知，毕竟在大众媒体上，比起漫画，人们更多谈论的是电影。

  相反，要定义漫画编剧这个职业就难多了。相比漫画编剧，人们更关注画师。因为当读者在书店翻开一本漫画，首先映入眼帘的是画师的作品，并不能直接联想到编剧。

  人们想当然地认为画师的工作是图像研究、设计人物、勾线、上色等与图像有关的各项工作。人们甚至认为漫画的第一步便是从画师开始，他是整个项目的主心骨，而漫画编剧不过是给故事添上对白和叙述部分罢了。

  最终人们把漫画编剧的工作归结为提供几条思路、编排几句朗朗上口的对白而已。

  来到台前！

  本书旨在给漫画编剧下一个定义。

  我们将逐步探讨漫画编剧的各项工作，从拟草稿到分镜，从情节设计到对白创作。从中我们会发现漫画编剧参与漫画创作的各个阶段，他的工作能够赋予作品坚实的基础，保证作品拥有协调性、逻辑性、可读性和趣味性。

  漫画是一门融合的艺术，是文本与绘画、文学与图像的结合体。漫画编剧需要撰写、叙述，他的工作既像作家又像导演。形式会影响内容，内容也会影响形式。正如马歇尔·麦克卢汉所说：

  “漫画的写作当然不同于小说，但是也不同于电影。”

  漫画编剧的角色复杂多样，从提供思路到作品成型，一部作品的诞生离不开漫画编剧的多次参与。从剧本便可窥探整本漫画的全貌。

  在这本书中，我们将探索如何着手准备一部漫画剧本。从基本概念的构思，故事背景、情节的设定，一直到画师绘制完分镜，漫画编剧才算完成了他的工作。

  了解了这些知识以后，希望不会再有人问起：“是你把对白放到气泡里的吗？”

  ——文章摘自《漫画创作指南：剧本写作》前言

  ————————————————————

  ◎ 后浪漫画类图书豆列：

  「后浪漫」

  ◎ 我们的玩耍方案：

  「浪漫指南」

• 经典虽好，翻译略差

  作者：流光 发布时间：2012-06-11 22:53:01

  书是经典，当然是对原版来说。

  费方域估计也只是挂个名，具体的翻译工作都是手下研究生做的。

  所以这个版本不是完美的中文译版。

  强烈推荐东南大学曹乾老师的译本，一字一句精心翻译。

  对第八版新增内容的总结比范里安本人还详细。

  ps：由于版权原因，只有电子版，爱问有下。