The South China Sea The Struggle for Power in Asia 1st Edition by Bill Hayton ISBN 0300186835 9780300186833

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ISBN 10: 0300186835

ISBN 13: 9780300186833

Author:  Bill Hayton 

The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia 1st Edition: Why the world can’t afford to be indifferent to the simmering conflict in the South China Sea

“The greatest risk today in U.S.-Chinese relations is the South China Sea, through which passes 40% of world trade. . . . Hayton explains how this all came about and points to the growing risks of miscalculation and escalation.”—Daniel Yergin, Wall Street Journal

China’s rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing’s back yard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smoldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely. This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes. Bill Hayton, a journalist with extensive experience in the region, examines the high stakes involved for rival nations that include Vietnam, India, Taiwan, the Philippines, and China, as well as the United States, Russia, and others. Hayton also lays out the daunting obstacles that stand in the way of peaceful resolution.
 
Through lively stories of individuals who have shaped current conflicts—businessmen, scientists, shippers, archaeologists, soldiers, diplomats, and more—Hayton makes understandable the complex history and contemporary reality of the South China Sea. He underscores its crucial importance as the passageway for half the world’s merchant shipping and one-third of its oil and gas. Whoever controls these waters controls the access between Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, and the Pacific. The author critiques various claims and positions (that China has historic claim to the Sea, for example), overturns conventional wisdoms (such as America’s overblown fears of China’s nationalism and military resurgence), and outlines what the future may hold for this clamorous region of international rivalry.

 

The South China Sea: The Struggle for Power in Asia 1st Edition Table of contents:

• Wrecks and Wrongs: Prehistory to 1500
• Maps and Lines: 1500 to 1948
• Danger and Mischief: 1946 to 1995
• Rocks and Other Hard Places: the South China Sea and International Law
• Something and Nothing: Oil and Gas in the South China Sea
• Drums and Symbols: Nationalism
• Ants and Elephants: Diplomacy
• Shaping the Battlefield: Military Matters
• Cooperation and its Opposites: Resolving the Disputes
• Epilogue

 

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