This book places the presidency of Donald Trump as well as the brewing Sino-American Cold War
within the broader historical context of American hegemony in Asia which traces its roots to
Alfred Thayer Mahan's call for a naval build up in the Pacific the subsequent colonization of
the Philippines and ultimately reaching its apotheosis after the defeat of Imperial Japan in
the Second World War. The book drawing on visits from Cairo to California and Perth to
Pyongyang as well as interviews and exchanges with heads of state and senior officials from
across the Indo-Pacific provides an overview of the arc of American primacy in the region for
scholars journalists and concerned citizens.
