Asian Crucible: Globalization, Geopolitics and the Contest for the Future

**The decades-spanning story of Asia’s rise, and the new faultlines that are set to shape the region's and the world's future.**

For many centuries, Asia had been the apex of human civilization, home to the greatest concentrations of wealth, power and population. Yet by the mid-twentieth century, in the aftermath of colonialism and war, much of the continent was mired in poverty and underdevelopment.

This book tells the sweeping story of Asia’s modern resurgence: how globalization, supply c...