How not to prevent a war over Taiwan

As the Trump administration seeks to steady U.S. relations with China, the issue of Taiwan has once again made its way to the front pages. Skeptics of a U.S.-China detente worry that any attempt to cozy up to Beijing will undermine hopes of maintaining Taipei’s independence. So what alternative approach would these China hawks provide? In the new book “Defending Taiwan: A Strategy to Prevent War with China,” Eyck Freymann of the Hoover Institution offers a comprehensive, if not altogether convin...