Table of Contents
Maps vii
Preface to the New Edition xiii
Introduction xvii
Part 1 China
Chapter 1 The Story of a South China Sea Fisherman 3
Chapter 2 The Great Wall of the Sea 16
Chapter 3 Wars That Never End 21
Chapter 4 Chinese Islands 32
Part 2 Southeast Asia
Chapter 5 A Tapestry of Values 45
Chapter 6 The Philippines: A Precarious Tightrope 59
Chapter 7 Asian Democracy: Why I Didn't Shoot the President 72
Chapter 8 Vietnam: Don't Mess with Us 84
Part 3 South Asia
Chapter 9 India: The Violence of Poverty 101
Chapter 10 India, Religion, and the Bomb 119
Chapter 11 Where Is India's Monroe Doctrine? 126
Part 4 East Asia
Chapter 12 Japan: Asia's First Industrial Power 145
Chapter 13 The United States: War Games and Black Swans 159
Chapter 14 North Korea: The Moon Landing and the Beatles 167
Chapter 15 The Technology Race: Cyberwarfare and Warfare in Space 178
Chapter 16 Taiwan: A Divided Family 191
Chapter 17 The Heart of the Matter 217
Part 5 Great Power Status
Chapter 18 A Parallel World Order 239
Chapter 19 Who Is in Charge? 258
Conclusion: How to Fix the Fault Lines 268
Selected Bibliography 273
Acknowledgments 279
About the Author 285
Index 287