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Asia's Reckoning - The Struggle for Global Dominance (Paperback)
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Asia's Reckoning - The Struggle for Global Dominance (Paperback)
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'Stunningly good' Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard, Books of the
Year 2017 A Financial Times Best Book of 2017 'A shrewd and knowing
book.' Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street Journal 'A compelling and
impressive read.' The Economist 'Skillfully crafted and
well-argued.' Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial Times 'An excellent
modern history. . . . provides the context needed to make sense of
the region's present and future.' Joyce Lau, South China Morning
Post The dramatic story of the relationship between the world's
three largest economies, one that is shaping the future of us all,
by one of the foremost experts on east Asia For more than half a
century, American power in the Pacific has successfully kept the
peace. But it has also cemented the tensions in the toxic rivalry
between China and Japan, consumed with endless history wars and
entrenched political dynasties. Now, the combination of these
forces with Donald Trump's unpredictable impulses and disdain for
America's old alliances threatens to upend the region, and
accelerate the unravelling of the postwar order. If the United
States helped lay the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the
anchor of the global economy, Asia's Reckoning will reveal how that
structure is now crumbling. With unrivalled access to archives in
the US and Asia, as well as many of the major players in all three
countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale which blends the
tectonic shifts in diplomacy with the domestic political trends and
personalities driving them. It is a story not only of an
overstretched America, but also of the rise and fall and rise of
the great powers of Asia. The confrontational course on which China
and Japan have increasingly set themselves is no simple spat
between neighbors. And the fallout would be a political and
economic tsunami, affecting manufacturing centers, trade routes,
and political capitals on every continent.
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