Asian waters : the struggle over the South China Sea and the strategy of Chinese expansion
Hawksley, Humphrey2018
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Few territories are as hotly contested as the western Pacific Ocean. Across the 1.5 million square mile expanse of the East and South China Sea, six countries lay overlapping claims that date back centuries. China, Vietnam, Korea and Indonesia assert their right to trade routes, deploying military garrisons to defend disputed territories while Japan, Vietnam and the Philippines resist their expansion. But no single government can face a superpower such as China alone, and as the country extends its reach, less powerful states look to the US for diplomatic mediation creating an American security umbrella that stretches across the Asia-Pacific nicknamed the "American Lake".
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London : Duckworth Overlook, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
287 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269) and index.
Contents:
Part 1. China -- 1. The story of a South China Sea fisherman -- 2. The Great wall of the Sea -- 3. Wars that never end -- 4. Chinese islands -- Part 2. Southeast Asia -- 5. A tapestry of values -- 6. The Philippines: a precarious tightrope -- 7. Asian democracy: why I didn't shoot the president -- 8. Vietnam: don't mess with us -- Part 3. South Asia -- 9. India: the violence of poverty -- 10. India, Pakistan, and the bomb -- 11. Where Is India's Monroe Doctrine? -- Part 4. East Asia -- 12. Japan: Asia's first industrial power -- 13. The United States: war games and black swans -- 14. North Korea: the moon landing and the Beatles -- 15. The technology race: cyberwarfare and warfare in space -- 16. Taiwan: a divided family -- 17. The heart of the matter -- Part 5. Great power status -- 18. A parallel world order -- 19. Who is in charge? -- 20. A fault-line gamble.
ISBN:
9780715653456 (paperback)
Dewey class:
341.448
Language:
English
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BRN:
358088
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 341.448 ASI | Available |