KAPLAN Robert D.  <br/><br/>
Asia's cauldron:  the South China Sea and the end of a stable Pacific / 
Robert D. Kaplan. 
 - New York :  Random House,   2014. 
 - xxi, 225 pages : maps ; 24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Over the last decade, the center of world power has been quietly shifting from Europe to Asia. With oil reserves of several billion barrels, an estimated nine hundred trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and several centuries' worth of competing territorial claims, the South China Sea in particular is a simmering pot of potential conflict. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812994322 (hbk.) :  20.00 GBP 9780812984804 (pbk) :  26.75 BND 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>PACIFIC AREA -- FOREIGN RELATIONS<br/>PACIFIC AREA -- POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT<br/>SOUTH CHINA SEA -- INTERNATIONAL STATUS