PAX PACIFICA by Steve Pieczenik - FIRST EDITION BOOK

As a potentially cataclysmic situation brews between Beijing and Washington, Assistant Secretary of State Dr. Desaix Clark is sent to China to assess the threat that this enigmatic Asian nation could pose to the United States. The two Chinese rulers vying for power - the machiavellian Prime Minister and the ruthless Defense Minister - each seek to manipulate Clark against the other. But whom can he trust? Before he can unravel the final mystery, he must confront some fundamental facts about himself and the mission upon which he was sent. Why did his closest friend, the Secretary of State, really send him to China? Thrust into a deadly web of conspiracy, deceit, and betrayal, Clark races to uncover the truth as the West faces one of the most insidious threats to its security. Pax Pacifica delves brilliantly into the ancient art of Chinese political strategy that, pitted against a Western psychological mind-set, forces Clark to face the shifting realities that are an integral part of this rarely glimpsed realm of high-stakes international diplomacy.