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Crashback : the power clash between the U.S. and China in the Pacific / Michael Fabey

Author
Fabey, Michael
Published
New York, NY : Scribner, 2017.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Physical Description
xiii, 305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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Contents
The mission -- America's ocean -- Lieutenant Wu's new Navy -- Acts of (warm) war -- Panda huggers -- Crashback -- Dragon slayer -- Missile men -- A great wall of sand -- Course change.
Summary
"Out in the Pacific Ocean, there is a war taking place. It is a 'warm war, ' a shoving match between the United States, since WWII the uncontested ruler of the seas, and China, which now possesses the world's largest navy. The Chinese regard the Pacific, and especially the South China Sea, as their ocean, and they're ready to defend it. Each day the heat between the two countries increases as the Chinese try to claim the South China Sea for their own, and the United States insists on asserting freedom of navigation. Throughout Southern Asia, countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea respond with outrage and growing fear as China turns coral reefs into manmade islands capable of supporting airstrips and then attempts to enforce twelve-mile-radius, shoot-down zones. The immediate danger is that the five trillion dollars in international trade that passes through the area will grind to a standstill. The ultimate danger is that the US and China will be drawn into all-out war." --
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ISBN
150111204X (hardcover)
9781501112041 (hardcover)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-281) and index.
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