{"product_id":"if-china-attacks","title":"If China Attacks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAs recommended by Alastair Campbell on \u003cem\u003eThe Rest is Politics\u003c\/em\u003e podcast\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the country’s most prominent and outspoken China scholars ... may turn out to be more of a near-future prophecy than a flight of fancy.’ — Oliver Moody, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA trenchant and chilling assessment of the global repercussions of a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan—militarily, politically and economically.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 2028. A Chinese fighter jet crashes in Taiwanese airspace after a risky manoeuvre. Beijing accuses Taipei of shooting down the plane and launches a full-scale military attack on the island nation. By the time Washington responds, the balance of power in Asia has shifted dramatically: China has already annexed Taiwan, backed by Russia, Iran and North Korea. The geopolitical and economic consequences are devastating. The US and China vie for global dominance, a third world war looms and Western economies plunge into freefall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA bestseller in Germany, \u003cem\u003eIf China Attacks\u003c\/em\u003e combines scenario-planning techniques with counterfactual history to simulate the consequences of war in the Indo-Pacific. Through vivid vignettes and sharply observed characters—a vacillating American president, an indecisive Japanese prime minister, diplomats, industrialists and criminals—it illuminates the defining security challenge of our age, a conflict for which the West is not yet prepared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndreas Fulda concludes by assessing Taiwan’s vulnerability given Beijing’s repeated military exercises around the island, which \u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e refers to as ‘the most dangerous place on Earth’. He argues that there is still time to deter China from invading, but that action, including overt military support for Taiwan, is called for now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA bestseller in Germany and written by an expert on China-EU relations\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA call to action, offering hope that there is still time to deter China from invading Taiwan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUses scenario-planning techniques and counterfactual history to simulate the consequences of a war in the Indo-Pacific, a conflict for which the West is not yet prepared.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57613199933813,"sku":"9781805267782","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781805267782.jpg?v=1790608005","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/if-china-attacks","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}