读完麦尼尔的《竞逐富强——西方军事现代化历程》后，首先便产生一个强烈的感觉——历史图景的复原和历史经验、教训的总结，往往受知识结构的限制而遭到扭曲。由于现代大多数学者对于人类军事事务方面知之甚少，因而战争同人类社会运动之间种种因素、环节、关系远没得到应有 After reading “The Prosperity of Richness - The Process of Western Military Modernization,” Mr. McGill first expresses a strong feeling that the recovery of historical pictures and the historical experience and lessons learned are often distorted by the limitations of knowledge structure . Due to the fact that most scholars in modern times have little knowledge of human affairs in the military, all the factors and links between the war and human social movements are far from being met