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Asia's reckoning : China, Japan, and the fate of U.S. power in the Pacific century / Richard McGregor.

McGregor, Richard, 1958- (author.).

Summary:

"Richard McGregor's Asia's Reckoning is a compelling account of the widening geopolitical cracks in a region that has flourished under an American security umbrella for more than half a century. The toxic rivalry between China and Japan, two Asian giants consumed with endless history wars and ruled by entrenched political dynasties, is threatening to upend the peace underwritten by Pax Americana since World War II. Combined with Donald Trump's disdain for America's old alliances and China's own regional ambitions, east Asia is entering a new era of instability and conflict. If the United States laid the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the anchor of the global economy, Asia's Reckoning reveals how that structure is falling apart."--Amazon.com.

Record details

ISBN: 9780399562679
ISBN: 0399562672
Physical Description: xvii, 396 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, New York : Viking, [2017]
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-382) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	China, red or green -- Countering Japan -- Five ragged islands -- The golden years -- Japan says no -- Asian values -- Apologies and their discontents -- Yasukuni respects -- History's cauldron -- The Ampo mafia -- The rise and retreat of great powers -- China lays down the law -- Nationalization -- Creation myths -- Freezing point -- Afterword.