A review by michelle_l_d
Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan

2.0

While Kaplan notes correctly in the epilogue that the book is a snapshot in time, his style is to not only discuss the contributing past and possible futures but to do so with heavy inflection of personal belief. The author’s biases were so apparent that separating out cold fact was laborious. Overall, it was interesting to read since I lived in Asia near the time the book was written but the writing itself requires the reader to question the author so often that I can’t recommend the book.