ABSTRACT

David Reynolds’s concept of ‘competitive cooperation’, advanced in his book The Creation of the Anglo-American Alliance: A Study in Competitive Cooperation, 1937–1941, has been highly influential in the historiography of contemporary international history. During his career Reynolds has enriched and developed the concept, pushing the bounds of the discipline to encompass insights from cultural and social history. He has also advanced well beyond his original Anglo-American focus, engaging with Russian and other European scholars to provide a broader and deeper understanding of both the Second World War and the Cold War era. He has proven himself similarly versatile in conveying insights reaped from the archives to a broader audience beyond academia through the mediums of television and radio. His work provides a model for what can be achieved through the fully rounded study of international history.

摘要

David Reynolds 的“竞争性合作”概念，在他的著作《英美联盟的创建：竞争性合作研究，1937-1941 》中得到了推进，在当代国际史学史上具有很大影响。在他的职业生涯中，雷诺兹丰富和发展了这一概念，推动了学科的界限，涵盖了来自文化和社会历史的见解。他还远远超越了他最初的英美关注点，与俄罗斯和其他欧洲学者接触，以提供对第二次世界大战和冷战时代的更广泛和更深入的理解。他证明了自己在通过电视和广播媒体向学术界以外的更广泛受众传达从档案中获得的见解方面同样多才多艺。他的工作为通过全面研究国际历史可以取得的成就提供了一个模型。