Problems of the Pacific

"Problems of the Pacific" by Frank Fox is a historical exploration predicting major clashes in the Pacific region during the early 1900s. This book lays out the ambitions of countries like Japan and the United States and how they might reshape global power. The author paints the Pacific as a future hotspot mimicking the historical importance of the Mediterranean and Atlantic, forecasting conflicts rooted in racial tensions and the competition for control, while laying out a historical roadmap from conquests to imperial expansions, setting the stage for understanding how dominance in the Pacific could trigger the next big power shift among nations.