War scenario

Could China defeat America in World War III?

Scattered along America's coastlines are hundreds of rusting, mothballed Navy ships. The United States doesn't keep these reserve vessels floating around to look pretty. No, it keeps them in case of World War III.

Ghost Fleet, a new novel by P. W. Singer and August Cole, is about that scenario. Having read the book, it's one of the more plausible depictions of a major 21st century war — and one of the more realistic portrayals of cyberwar — I've seen in fiction.