Table of Contents
Maps 7
Preface 13
Part 1 China 23
1 The Story of a South China Sea Fisherman 25
2 The Great Wall of the Sea 35
3 Wars That Never End 40
4 Chinese Islands 50
Part 2 Southeast Asia 57
5 A Tapestry of Values 59
6 The Philippines: A Precarious Tightrope 71
7 Asian Democracy: Why I Didn't Shoot the President 83
8 Vietnam: Don't Mess with Us 94
Part 3 South Asia 109
9 India: The Violence of Poverty 111
10 India, Pakistan, and the Bomb 125
11 Where Is India's Monroe Doctrine? 134
Part 4 East Asia 149
12 Japan: Asia's First Industrial Power 151
13 The United States: War Games and Black Swans 164
14 North Korea: The Moon Landing and the Beatles 171
15 The Technology Race: Cyberwarfare and Warfare in Space 181
16 Taiwan: A Divided Family 192
17 The Heart of the Matter 215
Part 5 Great Power Status 233
18 A Parallel World Order 235
19 Who Is in Charge? 251
20 A Fault-Line Gamble 260
Selected Bibliography 265
Acknowledgments 271
About the Author 275
Index 277