Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / Simon Winchester.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Content Notes:
      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.
    • Notes:
      Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index.
      1 2 3 12 14 17 20 21
    • ISBN:
      9780062315410 (hardcover)
      9780062315427 (pbk.)
    • Accession Number:
      2015020468
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.969532