The End of the Asian Century: War, Stagnation, and the Risks to the World’s Most Dynamic Region, Michael R. AuslinAn urgently needed risk map of the many dangers that could derail Asias growth and stability "A point by point debunking of the 'Asiaphoria' that gripped so many imaginations a decade ago . . . Auslin argues that the conditions are building for major power conflict in Asia and the Pacific."David Frum, Atlantic Since Marco Polo, the West has waited for the Asian Century. Today, the world believes that Century has arrived. Yet from Chinas slumping

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The conflict turned out to be rich in tragicomedy: in bureaucratic fumblings

taps into the underlying emotion of the day: fear

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depressed father and the father of two young sons

diaries and eyewitness accounts

with accessible on-page notes and explanatory illustrations