The Two Koreas by Oberdorfer, Don -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Preface to the New Edition Preface to the Second Edition A Note on Korean Names 1. WHERE THE WILD BIRDS SING

The Emergence of Two Koreas War and Its Aftermath The Origins of Negotiation Kim Il Sung Conversations with the South

2. THE END OF THE BEGINNING

Park Chung Hee Washington Blinks at Park’s Coup The Impact of Yushin

3. THE TROUBLE DEEPENS

Tensions Increase The Struggle with Japan The Underground War Challenge from the North Echoes of Saigon The South Korean Nuclear Weapons Program Murder in the Demilitarized Zone

4. THE CARTER CHILL

Carter’s Withdrawal: Origins and Implementation The View from Pyongyang End of the Carter Withdrawal

5. ASSASSINATION AND AFTERMATH

Growing Domestic Tensions The Coming of Chun Doo Hwan The Kwangju Uprising The Fight to Save Kim Dae Jung

6. TERROR AND TALK

The Negotiating Track Floods and Face-to-Face Talks Kim Il Sung and the Soviet Connection

7. THE BATTLE FOR DEMOCRACY IN SEOUL

Chun’s Succession Struggle The Election of 1987

8. THE GREAT OLYMPIC COMING-OUT PARTY

The Coming of the Olympics The Bombing of KAL Flight 858 The Rise of Nordpolitik Washington Launches a Modest Initiative

9. MOSCOW SWITCHES SIDES

The Roots of Change Gorbachev Meets Roh The Shevardnadze Mission “How Long Will the Red Flag Fly?” Soviet–South Korean Economic Negotiations

10. CHINA SHIFTS ITS GROUND

A Visit to North Korea China Changes Course

11. JOINING THE NUCLEAR ISSUE

The Origins of the Nuclear Program Nuclear Diplomacy: The American Weapons First Steps The December Accords Meeting in New York The Coming of the Inspectors First Inspections From Accommodation to Crisis

12. WITHDRAWAL AND ENGAGEMENT

The Light-Water-Reactor Plan Kim Young Sam Blows the Whistle The Season of Crisis Begins

13. SHOWDOWN OVER NUCLEAR WEAPONS

The Defueling Crisis The Military Track The Deepening Conflict Carter in Pyongyang

14. DEATH AND ACCORD

The End of an Era The Succession of Kim Jong Il The Framework Negotiations Fallout from the Agreed Framework The Kim Jong Il Regime Visit to Pyongyang The Struggle over the Reactors

15. NORTH KOREA IN CRISIS

Political Earthquake in Seoul Summit Diplomacy and the Four-Party Proposal The Submarine Incursion North Korea’s Steep Decline The Passage of Hwang Jang Yop The Two Koreas in Time of Trouble

16. TURN TOWARD ENGAGEMENT

Into the Heavens, Under the Earth Toward an Aid-Based State Perry to the Rescue Toward the June Summit Summit in Pyongyang Engaging the United States

17. THE END OF THE AGREED FRAMEWORK

A Rocky Start The Impact of 9/11 Threads Come Together: Japan–North Korea Talks Slouching Toward the Cliff Kim Jong Il’s Progress The Unquiet Americans The Morning After

18. TROUBLE IN THE US-ROK ALLIANCE

Problems for Diplomacy Sunshine, Barely Tensions Rise The Six-Party Mirage Nuclear Peek-a-Boo A Year of Zigzags The End of KEDO Traction, at Last Rumble in Punggye

19. THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES

Signs of Succession Diplomatic Downturn A Terrible Start Clinton’s Visit Turning to the South A Second North-South Summit, but Not a Third Secret Talks, Public Clashes The Rise of Chinese Influence Rare Backlash Yeonpyeong Island Kim Jong Il’s Death and Beyond The New Look

AFTERWORD

The Great Leadership Divide New Heights The Chinese Shadow An Uneasy Peace

Principal Korean Figures in the Text Acknowledgments Notes and Sources Index