Pacific Nightmare

Description for PACIFIC NIGHTMARE: HOW JAPAN STARTS WORLD WAR III by Simon Winchester:

On the eve of the twenty-first century the end of British colonial rule in Hong Kong ignites a horrifying scenario.

A Bloody civil war of unparalleled devastation tears China apart from within, and neighboring Korea erupts in an equally deadly conflict of its own. Ruthless North Korean dictator Kim Jong II has laid siege to South Korea---precipitating a retaliatory invasion by the Western allies, and turning Asia into a full-fledges war zone.

Watching with keen interest is the Land of the Rising Sun. With the time and the territory ripe for conquest, Japan brings all of its superpower might to bear in a bold strategy to assault its warring neighbors. With no choice but to counterstrike, the United States launches a military offensive unprecedented in its history---and unimaginable in its consequences...