In Jared Diamond's wonderful book, "Guns, Germs and Steel," he talks about how it was germs, more than guns and steel, that conquered the new hemisphere -- the Western hemisphere -- that conquered the rest of the world.
在贾雷德·戴蒙德《枪炮，细菌和钢铁》这本奇书中 他谈到为什么是细菌，而不是枪炮和钢铁 征服了新半球--也就是西半球 然后西半球又征服了世界的其他部分。