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Gu Jian is an author whose writing focuses on world history, with three of his works currently held in the collection. Because public information is limited, details such as his nationality, dates of birth and death, education and professional career cannot be confirmed at present, so this introduction is based mainly on the works themselves. Judging from the collected titles—A History of the Second World War, Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions That Changed the World, 1940–1941, and The Battle of Verdun: The Price of Glory, 1916—Gu Jian concentrates on major twentieth-century military conflicts and is particularly skilled at tracing historical developments around key moments and decision-making processes. Fateful Choices uses ten world-changing decisions as its thread to present the turning points of 1940–1941, while The Battle of Verdun focuses on the landmark 1916 battle and explores the price behind glory. Overall, his writing draws on the history of war and decision-making, combining factual narrative with readability, and is suited to readers interested in modern and contemporary world history.