Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (989 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B07226J6NC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 225 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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Crashback: The Power Clash Between the US and China in the Pacific is his first book. In his work for National Geographic Traveler, the Economist Group, Defense News, Aviation Week, and Jane’s, he has collected more than two dozen reporting awards. No other jour
and China in the Pacific, Fabey tracked down four-star admirals, toured the flight decks of aircraft carriers, spent hours in the wardrooms of U.S. You won't know where this important story of looming confrontation is going until you read this book." —Robert Haddick, visiting senior fellow, The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and the author of Fire on the Water: China, America, and the Future of the Pacific"Crashback is an up-close, comprehensive view from sea level of the complex geopolitical issues at stake in the East and South China Seas. The "Great Wall of Sand" that is being established in the South China Sea by China will only continue to grow and our maritime forces must be prepared to preserve the right to sail where necessity leads. Crashback should be required read
Throughout Southern Asia, countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea respond with outrage and growing fear as China turns coral reefs into manmade islands capable of supporting airstrips and then attempts to enforce twelve-mile-radius, shoot-down zones. The ultimatedanger is that the US and China will be drawn into all-out war. He was among the only journalists allowed to board a Chinese war vessel and observe its operations. It is a “warm war,” a shoving match between the United States, since WWII the uncontested ruler of the seas, and China, which now possesses the world’s largest navy. In Crashback, Fabey describes how every year the US is “losing sea.” He predicts the next great struggle between military superpowers will play out in the Pacific, and his book, more than any other, is an accurate preview of how that conflict might unfold.. An alarming message from an award-winning journalist with unprecede