Book
Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Harper, [2015]
Physical Description
xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
Contents
- The great thermonuclear sea
- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution
- The ecstasies of wave-riding
- A dire and dangerous irritation
- Farewell, all my friends and foes
- Echoes of distant thunder
- How goes the lucky country?
- The fires in the deep
- A fragile and uncertain sea
- Of masters and commanders.