of course, I'm talking about the nineteenth century.

是指19世纪
When you're an ancient historian

作为一个古代历史学家
things take on those proportions.

要具有这种年代观
The author, dr. Julius von pflugk-harttung,

其作者是朱利叶斯·冯·弗鲁克-哈尔通博士
was a veteran of the franco-prussian war and

他是一个普法战争的老兵
an appreciative student of what he took to be

也是著名的军事历史理论学家
the lessons taught by the great military historianand theorist Clausewitz.

克劳塞维茨的得意门生
He believed that he had acquired some useful knowledge

他认为自己掌握了战争科学
of the science of war, as he put it,

的重要指示以使他
that led him vigorously and entirely to condemn Pericles' generalship,

完整而有力地表达了他对伯里克利的将才
and Pericles' conduct of the peloponnesian war.

及伯里克利对伯罗奔尼撒战争指挥的不满
He says that we see expeditions without inner unity,

他说我们看到的是一场松散的冒险