世界历史像一条滔滔的长河,它的长度随着时间的推移而不断延伸,当代历史就是它最近的一段。我们翻开国外出版的历史书,不论是通史,还是通史一类的教材,一般都断限到最近。这类书重版,在一般条件下,作者往往加以补充,或者写个“收场白”(epilogue)衔接前文,概述当代历史大事或发展趋势。就国内情况说,中学《世界历史》教材的现代部分现在只写到1945年第二次世界大战结束;一般世界历史著作,系统 The history of the world is like a long river. Its length continues to expand over time. Contemporary history is its most recent period. When we turn over the history books published abroad, whether they are general history or general history textbooks, they are generally limited to the latest. The reprinting of such books, under normal conditions, is often supplemented by the authors, or by writing an epilogue linking the previous articles to outline contemporary events or developments. As far as the domestic situation is concerned, the modern part of the “World History” textbook in secondary schools is now only written until the end of the Second World War in 1945; general world history books, systems