New York, NY, Estados Unidos : Random House Trade Paperbacks, c2011.

xvi, 374 p. : il. ; 21 cm.

Preface: the rimland of Euroasia. -- I. 1. China expands vertically, India horizontally. -- II. 2. Oman is everywhere. -- 3. Curzon's frontiers. -- 4. "Lands of India". -- 5. Baluchistan and Sindh. -- 6. The troubled rise of Gujarat. -- 7. The view from Delhi. -- 8. Bangladesh: the existential challenge. -- 9. Kolkata: the next global city. -- 10. Of strategy and beauty. -- 11. Sri Lanka: the new geopolitics. -- 12. Burma: where India and China collide. -- 13. Indonesia's tropical Islam. -- 14. The heart of maritime Asia. -- III. 15. China's two-ocean strategy?. -- 16. Unity and anarchy. -- 17. Zanzibar: the last frontier. -- Afterword for the paperback edition. -- Acknowledgments. -- Glossary. -- Notes. -- Index. --

Tomado de la cubierta: "On the world maps common in America, the Western Hemisphere lies front and center, while the Indian Ocean region all but disappears. This convention reveals the geopolitical focus of the now-departed twentieth century, but in the twenty-first century that focus will fundamentally change. In this pivotal examination of the countries known as “Monsoon Asia”—which include India, Pakistan, China, Indonesia, Burma, Oman, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Tanzania—bestselling author Robert D. Kaplan shows how crucial this dynamic area has become to American power. It is here that the fight for democracy, energy independence, and religious freedom will be lost or won, and it is here that American foreign policy must concentrate if the United States is to remain relevant in an ever-changing world. From the Horn of Africa to the Indonesian archipelago and beyond, Kaplan exposes the effects of population growth, climate change, and extremist politics on this unstable region, demonstrating why Americans can no longer afford to ignore this important area of the world."

9780812979206

With a new afterword by the author in this publication.

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