Foreword, by Stephan Haggard
Preface to the 2018 Edition
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Debate Over North Korea
1. Weak but Still Threatening
2. Threatening, but Deterrence Works
3. Response: Why We Must Pursue "Hawk Engagement"
4. Response: Why Are We Afraid of Engagement?
5. Hyperbole Dominates: The 2003 Nuclear Crisis
6. Beyond Hyperbole, Toward a Strategy
7. Is North Korea Not a Problem to Be Solved?
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Victor D. Cha is D. S. Song–Korea Foundation Endowed Chair in the
Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at
Georgetown University. He is senior adviser and Korea chair at the
Center for Strategic and International Studies and was director for
Asian affairs at the National Security Council from 2004 to 2007.
His books include The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and
Future (2012).
David C. Kang is Maria Crutcher Professor of International
Relations, Business, and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the
University of Southern California, where he is also director of the
Korean Studies Institute and the Center for International Studies.
His most recent book is American Grand Strategy and East Asian
Security in the Twenty-First Century (2017).
Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of
Korea-Pacific Studies, director of the Korea-Pacific Program, and
distinguished professor of political science at the School of
Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San
Diego. His books include Hard Target: Sanctions, Inducements, and
the Case of North Korea (2017).
[Cha and Kang’s] contribution is important for its frank discussion
of the possibility of a nuclear attack and their presentation of
potential courses of action.
*The New York Times*
[A] crisp, smart book.
*Chronicle of Higher Education*
A penetrating analysis of what is probably the world’s most
dangerous trouble spot.
*Asian Review of Books*
A delight to read.
*Pacific Affairs*
This volume is an indispensable tool not only for all those working
in the field of Korean Studies but also for all those dealing with
International Relations theory.
*International Spectator*
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