Pacific
Subtitle: silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers
By: Simon Winchester
Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 693
ISBN-13: 9780062421630
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Description and travel; Large type books; Travel; History; Ocean and civilization; Geography
Description: The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
Notes: Incudes bibliographical references (pages 659-693).
Table of contents: title: The great thermonuclear sea; title: Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution; title: The ecstasies of wave riding; title: A dire and dangerous irritation; title: Farewell, all my friends and foes; title: Echoes of distant thunder; title: How goes the lucky country?; title: The fires in the deep; title: A fragile and uncertain sea; title: Of masters and commanders; title: Epilogue: the call of the running tide.