Nuclear North Korea A Debate on Engagement Strategies

Name: Nuclear North Korea A Debate on Engagement Strategies
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ISBN: 9780231131292

ISBN-10: 0231131291

ISBN-13: 9780231131292

Edition: 2005

Authors: Victor Cha, David Kang

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The regime of Kim Jong-Il has been called "mad," "rogue," even, by the "Wall Street Journal," the equivalent of an "unreformed serial killer." Yet, despite the avalanche of television and print coverage of the Pyongyang governments violation of nuclear nonproliferation agreements and existing scholarly literature on North Korean policy and security, this critical issue remains mired in political punditry and often misleading sound bites. Victor Cha and David Kang step back from the daily newspaper coverage and cable news commentary and offer a reasoned, rational, and logical debate on the nature of the North Korean regime. Coming to the issues from different perspectives -Kang believes the…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 4/26/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.85" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.726
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Debate Over North Korea




Weak but Still Threatening




Threatening, but Deterrence Works




Response: Why We Must Pursue "Hawk Engagement"




Response: Why Are We Afraid of Engagement?




Hyperbole Dominates: The 2003 Nuclear Crisis




Beyond Hyperbole, Toward a Strategy



Notes


Bibliography


Index