"No one has accumulated this much data," says Cook, 46, who first tilled this turf in her 1994 An Uncommon soldier (Oxford University Press), a compilation of letters from a female Civil War soldier.

“还没有人收集这么多的资料，”46岁的库克说。她第一次触及该领域是1994年，她写了《非常战士》一书(牛津大学出版社)，是一位内战女士兵的书信集。

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A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Cook had virtually no interest in the Civil War until 1987, when she toured the battle site at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

库克是密西根州大激流市人，她直到1987年，才真正对内战产生兴趣；当时，她去宾夕法尼亚州的葛底斯堡的战争遗址参观。

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After the war, Cook married and set up home in London.

战后库克结了婚，在伦敦安了家。

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In more recent times, Robin Cook resigned over the Iraq War in a statement that earned him a standing ovation in the House of Commons.

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Robin Cook has gone from being a cold war Soviet apologist, to an even more ridiculous figure, strutting his stuff on the international stage, without reticence, subtlety or tact.

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"He has managed to convince half the media that the Foreign Affairs inquiry is into the origins of his war with (the BBC) ... not in to the war with Iraq, " Cook told The Guardian newspaper Monday.

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