Asian waters
Subtitle: the struggle over the South China Sea and the strategy of Chinese expansion
By: Humphrey Hawksley
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9781468314786
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Conflict management; Strategic aspects; Territorial waters; Foreign relations; International status
Other titles: Struggle over the South China Sea and the strategy of Chinese expansion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: China. The story of a South China Sea fisherman ; The Great Wall of the sea ; Wars that never end ; Chinese islands; title: Part 2: Southeast Asia. A tapestry of values ; The Philippines : a precarious tightrope ; Asian democracy : why I didn't shoot the president ; Vietnam : don't mess with us; title: Part 3: South Asia. India : the violence of poverty ; India, Pakistan, and the bomb ; Where is India's Monroe doctrine?; title: Part 4: East Asia. Japan : Asia's first industrial power ; The United States : war games and black swans ; North Korea : the moon landing and the Beatles ; The technology race : cyberwarfare and warfare in space ; Taiwan : a divided family ; The heart of the matter; title: Part 5: great power status. A parallel world order ; Who is in charge? ; A fault-line gamble.