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• ISBN: 9780465031238 (pbk.)
• ISBN: 0465031234 (pbk.)
• Physical Description: xix, 519 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : ... illustrations, map ; 24 cm Read More
• Edition: Revised and updated third edition.
• Publisher: New York : Basic Books, A member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]

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The Two Koreas : A Contemporary History

Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Preface to the New Edition	p. xiii
	Preface to the Second Edition	p. xv
	A Note on Korean Names	p. xix
1	Where the Wild Birds Sing	p. 1
	The Emergence of Two Koreas	p. 2
	War and Its Aftermath	p. 6
	The Origins of Negotiation	p. 9
	Kim II Sung	p. 13
	Conversations with the South	p. 18
2	The End of the Beginning	p. 22
	Park Chung Hee	p. 25
	Washington Blinks at Park's Coup	p. 30
	The Impact of Yashin	p. 33
3	The Trouble Deepens	p. 39
	Tensions Increase	p. 40
	The Struggle with Japan	p. 42
	The Underground War	p. 45
	Challenge from the North	p. 47
	Echoes of Saigon	p. 52
	The South Korean Nuclear Weapons Program	p. 55
	Murder in me Demilitarized Zone	p. 59
4	The Carter Chill	p. 67
	Carter's Withdrawal: Origins and Implementation	p. 68
	The View from Pyongyang	p. 75
	End of the Carter Withdrawal	p. 80
5	Assassination and Aftermath	p. 87
	Growing Domestic Tensions	p. 89
	The Coming of Chun Doo Hwan	p. 92
	The Kwangju Uprising	p. 98
	The Fight to Save Kim Dae Jung	p. 105
6	Terror and Talk	p. 109
	The Negotiating Track	p. 112
	Floods and Face-to-Face Talks	p. 115
	Kim II Sung and the Soviet Connection	p. 119
7	The Battle for Democracy in Seoul	p. 126
	Chun's Succession Struggle	p. 126
	The Election of 1987	p. 135
8	The Great Olympic Coming-Out Party	p. 140
	The Coming of the Olympics	p. 140
	The Bombing of KAL Flight 858	p. 144
	The Rise of Nordpolitik	p. 146
	Washington Launches a Modest Initiative	p. 150
9	Moscow Switches Sides	p. 154
	The Roots of Change	p. 156
	Gorbachev Meets Roh	p. 159
	The Shevardnadze Mission	p. 165
	"How Long Will the Red Flag Fly?"	p. 169
	Soviet-South Korean Economic Negotiations	p. 175
10	China Shifts its Ground	p. 178
	A Visit to North Korea	p. 180
	China Changes Course	p. 186
11	Joining the Nuclear Issue	p. 194
	The Origins of the Nuclear Program	p. 196
	Nuclear Diplomacy: The American Weapons	p. 198
	First Steps	p. 200
	The December Accords	p. 203
	Meeting in New York	p. 207
	The Coming of the Inspectors	p. 208
	First Inspections	p. 209
	From Accommodation to Crisis	p. 212
12	Withdrawal and Engagement	p. 219
	The Light-Water-Reactor Plan	p. 224
	Kim Young Sam Blows the Whistle	p. 228
	The Season of Crisis Begins	p. 232
13	Showdown Over Nuclear Weapons	p. 239
	The Defueling Crisis	p. 240
	The Military Track	p. 244
	The Deepening Conflict	p. 248
	Carter in Pyongyang	p. 256
14	Death and Accord	p. 265
	The End of an Era	p. 268
	The Succession of Kim Jong Il	p. 271
	The Framework Negotiations	p. 274
	Fallout from the Agreed Framework	p. 280
	The Kim Jong Il Regime	p. 281
	Visit to Pyongyang	p. 283
	The Struggle over the Reactors	p. 285
15	North Korea in Crisis	p. 289
	Political Earthquake in Seoul	p. 295
	Summit Diplomacy and the Four-Party Proposal	p. 299
	The Submarine Incursion	p. 302
	North Korea's Steep Decline	p. 308
	The Passage of Hwang Jang Yop	p. 312
	The Two Koreas in Time of Trouble	p. 316
16	Turn Toward Engagement	p. 319
	Into the Heavens, Under the Earth	p. 319
	Toward an Aid-Based State	p. 323
	Perry to the Rescue	p. 326
	Toward the June Summit	p. 330
	Summit in Pyongyang	p. 335
	Engaging the United States	p. 340
17	The End of the Agreed Framework	p. 347
	A Rocky Start	p. 350
	The Impact of 9/11	p. 356
	Threads Come Together: Japan-North Korea Talks	p. 359
	Slouching Toward the Cliff	p. 362
	Kim Jong IlÆs Progress	p. 364
	The Unquiet Americans	p. 366
	The Morning After	p. 372
18	Trouble in the Us-Rok Alliance	p. 381
	Problems for Diplomacy	p. 382
	Sunshine, Barely	p. 385
	Tensions Rise	p. 392
	The Six-Party Mirage	p. 395
	Nuclear Peek-a-Boo	p. 398
	A Year of Zigzags	p. 400
	The End of KEDO	p. 411
	Traction, at Last	p. 413
	Rumble in Punggye	p. 416
19	The Emperor's New Clothes	p. 419
	Signs of Succession	p. 424
	Diplomatic Downturn	p. 427
	A Terrible Start	p. 431
	Clinton's Visit	p. 435
	Turning to the South	p. 437
	A Second North-South Summit, but Not a Third	p. 439
	Secret Talks, Public Clashes	p. 443
	The Rise of Chinese Influence	p. 446
	Rare Backlash	p. 449
	Yeonpyeong Island	p. 451
	Kim Jong IlÆs Death and Beyond	p. 452
	The New Look	p. 456
	Afterword	p. 457
	The Great Leadership Divide	p. 457
	New Heights	p. 459
	The Chinese Shadow	p. 463
	An Uneasy Peace	p. 464
	Principal Korean Figures in the Text	p. 465
	Acknowledgments	p. 467
	Notes and Sources	p. 473
	Index	p. 505
	Photographs follow page 264

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