人類學家魏澤福，為了一探部落民族的在世界商業史上的地位，走訪絲路、沿著馬可‧波羅的航道航行，並深入蒙古「大禁忌」，探查成吉思汗的出生與死亡之地。在全球化的世界，你不能不讀史上第一個跨洲帝國蒙古帝國的故事.成吉思汗開創第一個橫跨太平洋至地中海的全球性帝國，他的後世繼承其理念，透過貿易自由、減免稅賦、宗教共存、法治政府，改寫全球秩序，影響了近代世界的形成。
《成吉思汗：近代世界的創造者》（Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.
“Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World,” by Jack Weatherford
“A leader should demonstrate his thoughts and opinions through his actions, not through his words.”
― Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
“The first key to leadership was self-control, particularly the mastery of pride, which was something more difficult, he explained, to subdue than a wild lion and anger, which was more difficult to defeat than the greatest wrestler. He warned them that “if you can’t swallow your pride, you can’t lead.”
“If you can’t swallow your pride, you can’t lead. Even the highest mountain had animals that step on it.”
― Jack Weatherford, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
成吉思汗既不是上帝，也不是撒旦，他愛酒、愛色、愛馬，更愛狩獵；他謹慎、自制、敬天，也磊落光明，學術研究者應該致力於將真實面貌還給這位歷史人物。
全書共分為三個部分，第一部談成吉思汗在草原上崛起與稱霸過程，他從出生到統一蒙古各部、建立蒙古國的這段期間，形塑其一生與性格的外在因素。
第二部則描述蒙古人征伐波斯、歐洲等地，將故事切入世界史的舞台。
第三部檢視和平年代與蒙古帝國的經營之道，尤其著重成吉思汗如何打造世上最大的自由貿易區、降低負稅、創立史上第一個國際郵遞系統、容納多元宗教、奠定法律等現代化的治理方式，證明近代世界的基礎架構，幾乎由蒙古帝國之手完成。
傑克．魏澤福｜Jack Weatherford.美國南卡羅萊納大學政治學學士、社會學碩士，加州大學聖地牙哥分校人類學博士，以及蒙古國成吉思汗學院的榮譽人文博士，曾任美國明尼蘇達州馬卡勒斯特學院德威特．華勒斯人類學講座和成吉思汗學院的榮譽教職，被譽為「最會說故事的人類學家」。因撰寫《成吉思汗：近代世界的創造者》一書，於二○○七年獲頒蒙古國最高獎章北極星勳章，該書與《成吉思汗的女兒們》（The Secret History of the Mongol Queens）已售出電影改編權。
波斯史家志費尼（Juvaini，1226-1283年）於《世界征服者史》（The History of the World-Conqueror）中曾說：「運籌帷幄、料敵如神的亞歷山大，在使計用策上當是成吉思汗的學生；攻城掠池的妙策上，最好盲目地跟著成吉思汗走」
1962年成吉思汗誕生八百周年紀念，中國大陸學者韓儒林為了反駁蘇聯對成吉思汗的否定，展現中方史學界的自主，強調成吉思汗對中國歷史的貢獻，以及西征功大於過的評價。蘇聯學界對此馬上做出回應，其科學院院士邁斯基（Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky，1884-1975年）撰〈成吉思汗〉一文，肯定其統一蒙古諸部的貢獻，但否定其征服價值。
Jack Weatherford’s Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.
It is a detailed, well-documented, well-researched look at the rise of Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Actually, I should say “empires” since the unified domain that Temujin created in the 13th century on his way to becoming Genghis Khan (which means “strong, wolf-like leader”) was quickly fragmented among four branches of his family.
Weatherford’s 2004 book is filled with insights into the culture of the Mongols and their methods of war-making. He examines the seemingly endless ways in which the Mongols, in their empire-building, had an impact on every corner of Asia and Europe.
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