Crashback, Michael Fabey
Crashback, Michael Fabey
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Crashback
The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific

Author: Michael Fabey

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 9 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 10/24/2017


Synopsis

Out in the Pacific Ocean, there is a war taking place. It is a "warm war," a shoving match between the United States, since World War II the uncontested ruler of the seas, and China, which now possesses the world's largest navy. The Chinese regard the Pacific, and especially the South China Sea, as their ocean, and they're ready to defend it. Each day the heat between the two countries increases as the Chinese try to claim the South China Sea for their own, and the United States insists on asserting freedom of navigation. Throughout Southern Asia, countries such as Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and South Korea respond with outrage as China turns coral reefs into manmade islands capable of supporting airstrips and then attempts to enforce twelve-mile-radius, shoot-down zones. The immediate danger is that the five trillion dollars in international trade that passes through the area will grind to a standstill. The ultimate danger is that the U.S. and China will be drawn into all-out war.

In Crashback, journalist Michael Fabey describes how every year the U.S. is "losing sea." He predicts the next great struggle between military superpowers will play out in the Pacific, and his book, more than any other, is an accurate preview of how that conflict might unfold.

About Michael Fabey

Michael Fabey has reported on military and naval affairs for most of his career, winning the prestigious Timothy White Award and earning a Pulitzer Prize nomination. In his work for National Geographic Traveler, the Economist Group, Defense News, Aviation Week, and Jane's, he has collected more than two dozen reporting awards. No other journalist has had as much firsthand experience of America's naval ships and aircraft and the officers who command them. A Philadelphia native, he currently resides in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Crashback: The Power Clash Between the U.S. and China in the Pacific is his first book.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Simon on June 30, 2023

Some like to come in hot, and some… The United States and China are at war in the Western Pacific. …like to light a thousand sparklers doused in jet fuel. Crashback is a book about how China is bad, America is good, and the only way for the good guy to win is to punch out the bad guy. Or, ram his s......more

Goodreads review by George on January 28, 2018

Military journalist Michael Fabey in his book Crashback explores the increasingly tense conflict between China and the United States over naval dominance in the Pacific, a situation he labels a "warm war." The events he covers date from 2001, early in the Bush administration, when an American intell......more

Goodreads review by Red on March 25, 2025

This book was recommended reading from a game on the same subject. This book is a highly approachable into the subject. It covers the how, why, and what to do about it. The book has a great flow talking about how we got to that point of China trying to take on the US for hegemony in the Pacific. The......more

Goodreads review by Melkor on February 25, 2018

In this work Mr. Fabey seeks to outline US-Chinese interactions in the Pacific, focusing on the last decade and a half. The tensions that have developed between the budding Chinese Navy and the still dominant US force are at the fore, particularly confrontations such as the USS Cowpens incident, fro......more

Goodreads review by James on April 30, 2021

The possibility of war in the South China Sea between the People's Republic of China and the United States is, to be sure, a nightmare scenario. A scenario that some thriller writers have used in their writing, since having China as the "bad guy" makes for entertaining reading. Potential conflict in......more