Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific

This chilling account of the “warm war” over control of the South China Sea—one that is threatening to flare into full-scale conflict—presents a “telling picture of the operational challenges the US Navy faces in the western Pacific” (Wall Street Journal) from an award-winning journalist with unprecedented access to the highest naval officers in America and China.

Out in the Pacific Ocean, there is a war taking place. It is a “warm war,” a shoving match between the United States, the unconte...