{"id":2591,"date":"2026-01-03T22:38:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/ssn-clancy-tom\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:38:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:38:01","slug":"ssn-clancy-tom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/ssn-clancy-tom\/","title":{"rendered":"SSN &#8211; Clancy, Tom"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='book-preview'>\n<h3>Book Preview<\/h3>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">Preface: Prelude to War Though the name may sound obscure, <\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">the Spratly Islands have been a cause of conflict in East Asia<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">for quite some time. Sovereignty over al  or part of this<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">potential y resource-rich archipelago in the South China Sea is<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">presently contested by Vietnam, China, Brunei, Malaysia, the<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">Philippines, and Taiwan. Although the Manila Declaration by the<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 1992 promised to<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">resolve this dispute peaceful y, the nations involved have yet to<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">arrive at a consensus about the future of this territory. In the past<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">few months, tensions have mounted between the East Asian<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">nations, and the need to have the United Nations serve as a<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">mediating force has been suggested. At this point in time, many<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">of the countries have stationed troops on the islands and some<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">have begun to build their own infrastructures, causing further<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">disagreements. &#8220;The dispute over the Spratly Islands has<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">served as a further impediment to healing many of the rifts<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">existing within East Asia. This issue needs to be addressed on<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">an international level before it escalates into higher forms of<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">conflict. The Special Political and Decolonization Committee<\/p>\n<p class=\"calibre1\">wil  attempt to consolidate the interests of al  parties involved<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr style='margin: 30px 0; border-top: 1px solid #eee;'>\n<p style='text-align:center;'>Read the full book by downloading it below.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/download-is-starting\/?url=https%3A\/\/mega.co.nz\/%23%214s5EjIZb%21Ugw_BkBgt9oyR6gkLDzDvKmBwZ4trJOKNieGXwnySIU' class='download-btn' target='_blank'>DOWNLOAD EPUB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Preview Preface: Prelude to War Though the name may sound obscure, the Spratly Islands have been a cause of conflict in East Asia for quite some time. Sovereignty over al or part of this potential y resource-rich archipelago in the South China Sea is presently contested by Vietnam, China, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, and &#8230; <a title=\"SSN &#8211; Clancy, Tom\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/ssn-clancy-tom\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about SSN &#8211; Clancy, Tom\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[147],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-tom-clancy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epub-book.com\/download\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}