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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
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