Lords Of The Rim - Couverture souple

Seagrave, Sterling

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0552168122 ISBN 13 : 9780552168120

Editeur : Corgi, 2012

Synopsis

Be so subtle that you are invisible. Be so mysterious that you are intangible. Then you will control your rivals's fate'
Sun Tzu, from The Art of War

A community of fifty five million expatriates. Up to two trillion dollars in assets. A highly integrated interconnected network of influence and favour. A firm base on the Pacific Rim. Ambitions to influence the West. Imagine the potential power of such an organisation. You don't have to. This is the Overseas Chinese.

Sterling Seagrave's brilliant new book, Lords of the Rim, uncovers a complex web of operations which already dominates the Far East and which is already making inroads into the West. It is a superbly researched and spectacularly told account of an extraordinary phenomenon, telling just who the Overseas Chinese are and how they became so powerful. Spanning thousands of years it encompasses stories of murder and betrayal, bravery and corruption; of triads, syndicates, kingmakers, merchants, emperors, generals, spies and pirates.

In telling this masterful and entertaining history, Seagrave provides the reader with a cautionary tale: that Chinese strategies so effective for centuries are just as succesful today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sterling Seagrave grew up on the China-Burma border. For many years an investigative reporter in Asia, he is the author of Yellow Rain, The Marcos Dynasty, Dragon Lady, the bestselling The Soong Dynasty, Lords of the Rim and The Yamato Dynasty. He and his wife and co-author Peggy Seagrave live in Europe.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Corgi
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0552168122
• ISBN 13: 9780552168120
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 432
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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