Description
Book SynopsisBalanced and deeply informed study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea
Table of ContentsForeword
PART I: KOREA BETWEEN THE DECLINE OF AMERICA AND THE RISE OF CHINA
Preface
1. Imperialism, Nationalism, the Division and Reunification of Korea
2. Korea and the Postcolonial World
3. The Collapse of the Soviet Union and North Korea's Arduous March
4. The Rise of China and the Decline of America
5. Obama’s Strategic Paralysis
PART II: BUILDUP TO CRISIS: THE CHEONAN INCIDENT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES
Preface
6. The Mysterious Sinking of the Cheonan, and the Official Investigation
7. Cheonan Incident: From ‘Smoking Gun’ to Rusty Torpedo
PART III: COLLAPSE AND TAKEOVER
8. Scenario Building: Failed Succession and Collapse
9. The Northern Limit Line: Keeping the War Alive
10. Military Exercises: Precipitating Collapse, Preparing for Invasion
11. The Siege: Sanctions, their Role and Effect
12. The Costs and Consequences of Invasion
13. The China Factor – into the Abyss?
Appendices (online)
Notes
Index
