{"product_id":"9781509568055","title":"The Taiwan Tinderbox : The Island-Nation at the Center of the New Cold War - J.Michael Cole","description":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 shocked the world and overturned assumptions that large-scale conventional war was inconceivable in the twenty-first century. On the other side of the planet, democratic Taiwan faces the rising threat of a military takeover by China a conflict whose impact on the international community would be catastrophic. Renowned Taiwan expert and former intelligence officer J. Michael Cole explains how this Pacific nation has become a tinderbox that could ignite a full-scale global conflict. Drawing on unparalleled access to Taiwanese government sources and two decades of on-the-ground observation, he explores the root causes of the conflict between Taiwan and China - from the identity politics that make \"peaceful unification\" inconceivable, to the rise of Xi Jinping, the most powerful and authoritarian Chinese leader since Mao Zedong. With in-depth analysis of how the war in Europe is influencing preparations by Beijing, Taipei, and Washington for a potential cross-Strait confrontation, The Taiwan Tinderbox is an impassioned plea for the defense of Taiwan as a priority for the international community and the future of democracy.","brand":"J.Michael Cole","offers":[{"title":"272 pages \/ 03\/10\/2025 \/ Politics \u0026 government","offer_id":57415390921079,"sku":"9781509568055","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781509568055.jpg?v=1787881624","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781509568055","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}