 Fire
in the East: The Rise of Asian Military Power and the Second
Nuclear Age by Paul J. Bracken.
Yale political
science professor Paul Bracken suggests that the second nuclear
age offers many more risks than the first one, the main problem
being not that the United States is getting weaker, but that
Asia is growing stronger. China looks increasingly aggressive,
India and Pakistan have gone nuclear, and more countries--such
as Iran, Syria, and North Korea--are waiting in the wings.
"Proliferation of modern weaponry is driven not by anything
that happens in Washington, but by the national strategies set
in Beijing, Delhi, and Tehran," writes Bracken. This
has disturbing implications: "Since the War of 1812, only
one country in modern history has ever been able to mount a
convincing threat to the territory of the United States--the
Soviet Union. Now there will be many," he says. Going far
beyond the stale debate over engagement versus containment,
Bracken argues that the West--especially the United States--must
prepare all-new national security strategies to meet the
emerging realities of the 21st century: "The long era in
which Asia was penetrated by outside powers is coming to a
close. An age of Western control is ending, and the challenge is
not how to shape what is happening but how to adapt to it."
Fire in the East is an outstanding book written by a wise
man for a non-specialist audience, but one so provocative and
important that the experts can't ignore it. --John J. Miller
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