TY - BOOK AU - Winchester,Simon TI - Pacific: silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers SN - 9780062315410 (hardcover) AV - GC771 .W56 2015 U1 - 909/.09823 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York, NY PB - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Winchester, Simon KW - Ocean and civilization KW - Pacific Ocean KW - Geography KW - History KW - Description and travel N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-463) and index; The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave-riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide ER -