Contents

ALSO BY HUMPHREY HAWKSLEY

1. The Story of a South China Sea Fisherman

2. The Great Wall of the Sea

3. Wars That Never End

4. Chinese Islands

PART 2: SOUTHEAST ASIA

5. A Tapestry of Values

6. The Philippines: A Precarious Tightrope

7. Asian Democracy: Why I Didn’t Shoot the President

8. Vietnam: Don’t Mess with Us

PART 3: SOUTH ASIA

9. India: The Violence of Poverty

10. India, Pakistan, and the Bomb

11. Where Is India’s Monroe Doctrine?

PART 4: EAST ASIA

12. Japan: Asia’s First Industrial Power

13. The United States: War Games and Black Swans

14. North Korea: The Moon Landing and the Beatles

15. The Technology Race: Cyberwarfare and Warfare in Space

16. Taiwan: A Divided Family

17. The Heart of the Matter

Part 5: Great Power Status

18. A Parallel World Order

19. Who Is in Charge?

20. A Fault-Line Gamble

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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