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Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific by Robert D. Kaplan
4.0
If only men lacked the instinct to fight over every scrap of ground.
This is a dense, complex, and thought-provoking account of South China Sea and its immediate surrounding countries. Unfortunately the writing also portrays the region as it becomes chaotic and repetitive at times.
Nevertheless, this book provides a very realistic overview - knowing Kaplan, no surprise there - and is not afraid to provide strong thesis that undoubtedly beckons for further inquiries and/or counter-arguments, especially in the midst of a rapidly growing, complicated and volatile neighborhood in which yours truly happen to live in.
This is a dense, complex, and thought-provoking account of South China Sea and its immediate surrounding countries. Unfortunately the writing also portrays the region as it becomes chaotic and repetitive at times.
Nevertheless, this book provides a very realistic overview - knowing Kaplan, no surprise there - and is not afraid to provide strong thesis that undoubtedly beckons for further inquiries and/or counter-arguments, especially in the midst of a rapidly growing, complicated and volatile neighborhood in which yours truly happen to live in.