Imperial Wars in the Modern Era: The Struggling for Territory
暫譯: 現代帝國戰爭：領土爭奪戰

Roger L. Ransom is Distinguished Professor of History and Economics and Emeritus at the University of California, Riverside. He is best known for his work with Richard Sutch on the American Civil War, and his many publications include the books One Kind of Freedom (co-authored with Richard Sutch Cambridge, 2001), Conflict and Compromise (Cambridge, 1990), and The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been (2005). He was President of the Economic History Association in 2005 and was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of California, Riverside. He also won the Arthur H. Cole Prize from the Economic History Association and the Clio Can Award from the Cliometric Society.

Jared McKenzie is a recent graduate of the University of Riverside California. He is eager to apply what he has learned to the publication of a book. He has worked with Roger Ransom on a variety of his previous works dealing with the First World War. This is his first major work in economic history. He brings his background as a creative writer to the cliometric analysis of history.

羅傑·L·蘭索姆（Roger L. Ransom）是加州大學河濱分校（University of California, Riverside）歷史與經濟學的傑出教授及名譽教授。他以與理查德·薩奇（Richard Sutch）合作研究美國內戰而聞名，並且出版了多部著作，包括《一種自由》（One Kind of Freedom，與理查德·薩奇合著，劍橋大學出版社，2001年）、《衝突與妥協》（Conflict and Compromise，劍橋大學出版社，1990年）以及《美利堅聯盟國：可能的情景》（The Confederate States of America: What Might Have Been，2005年）。他於2005年擔任經濟歷史協會（Economic History Association）會長，並獲得古根海姆獎學金（Guggenheim Fellowship）及加州大學河濱分校的傑出教學獎（Distinguished Teaching Award）。他還獲得經濟歷史協會的亞瑟·H·科爾獎（Arthur H. Cole Prize）和計量史學會的克里奧獎（Clio Can Award）。

賈瑞德·麥肯齊（Jared McKenzie）是加州河濱大學的應屆畢業生。他渴望將所學應用於書籍出版。他曾與羅傑·蘭索姆合作，參與多部有關第一次世界大戰的作品。這是他在經濟歷史領域的首次重大作品。他將其創意寫作的背景帶入歷史的計量分析中。