Pacific : : Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
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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 -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide.
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.
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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780062315410
0062315412
9780062315427
0062315420
SUBJECTS
Winchester, Simon -- Travel.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean -- Geography.
Pacific Ocean -- History.
Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel.