Stunningly good Michael Burleigh, Evening Standard, Books of the Year 2017 A Financial Times Best Book of 2017A shrewd and knowing book. Robert D. Kaplan, The Wall Street JournalA compelling and impressive read. The EconomistSkillfully crafted and wellargued. Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Financial TimesAn excellent modern history. . . . provides the context needed to make sense of the regions present and future. Joyce Lau, South China Morning PostThe dramatic story of the relationship between the worlds three largest economies, one that is shaping the future of us all, by one of the foremost experts on east AsiaFor more than half a century, American power in the Pacific has successfully kept the peace. But it has also cemented the tensions in the toxic rivalry between China and Japan, consumed with endless history wars and entrenched political dynasties. Now, the combination of these forces with Donald Trumps unpredictable impulses and disdain for Americas old alliances threatens to upend the region, and accelerate the unravelling of the postwar order. If the United States helped lay the postwar foundations for modern Asia, now the anchor of the global economy, Asias Reckoning will reveal how that structure is now crumbling.With unrivalled access to archives in the US and Asia, as well as many of the major players in all three countries, Richard McGregor has written a tale which blends the tectonic shifts in diplomacy with the domestic political trends and personalities driving...

Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; Classification: HBJF; Weight: 450 g; Dimensions: 197 x 142 x 26

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