{"product_id":"disarming-strangers-9780691010069","title":"Disarming Strangers","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking at how the Korean nuclear crisis originated, escalated, and was ultimately defused, this work explores a web of intelligence failures by the US and intransigence within South Korea and the International Atomic Energy Agency. It pays attention to an American mindset that prefers coercion to cooperation in dealing with aggressive nations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 1998 Book of Distinction on the Practice of Diplomacy, The American Academy of Diplomacy \"Sigal makes it disturbingly clear how close the world came to war in Korea in 1994. The product of hundreds of interviews, Disarming Strangers is also the most rigorously detailed account of U.S. policy towards North Korea yet published, and it will remain so for many years... An important and superbly researched book.\"--Michael J. Mazarr, Survival \"This is a thought-provoking and disturbing book on American and North Korean diplomatic relations. Disarming Strangers is also an extremely well-researched study.\"--Bill Drucker, Korean Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE ix  ABBREVIATIONS xiii  1 Uncooperative America 3  A History of Failure 5  Shared Uncertainty, Shared Certitude 10  The Politics of Diplomatic Paralysis 13  PART I: COERCION FAILS 15  2 The Bush Deadlock Machine 17  Dealing with Korean Insecurities 20  North Korea Reciprocates for U.S. Security Assurances 25  \"One Meeting Means One Meeting\" 32  Ignoring the North's Offer 38  Witnesses for the Prosecution 42  Interregnum Politics. No One Stands Up to Team Spirit 44  3 The Clinton Administration Ties Itself in Knots 52  Coaxing North Korea Part-way Back into the Treaty 55  The Reactor Deal Redux 65  Empty Threats 71  An Empty \"Package Deal\" 77  Seoul Gets the Shakes 84  4 A \"Better than Even\" Chance of Misestimation 90  The Collapse of \"Super Tuesday\" 95  Let Bygones Be Bygones, for Now 108  Stumbling to the Brink 113  5 Deadlock 124  PART II: COOPERATION SUCCEEDS 129  6 Open Covenants, Privately Arrived At 131  Private Contacts With Pyongyang 133  Pyongyang Reaches Out 137  The Hidden Hand in the First Joint Statement 140  Two Foundations Try to Jump-Start Diplomacy 143  Jimmy Carter refuses to Take \"No\" for an Answer 150  The Carter-Kim Deal 155  The Bushmen Go on Me Warpath 162  7 Getting to Yes 168  Kim Il Sung's Legacy 172  Putting Some chips on the Table 176  The October Agreed Framework 184  Decrying and Defending the Deal 192  The Issue at Kuala Lumpur: What's in a Name? 199  PART III: CONCLUSIONS 205  8 Nuclear Diplomacy in the News--An Untold Story 207  Unfamiliarity Breeds Contempt 208  Explaining News on Nuclear Diplomacy 219  Op-eds and Editorials 223  Possible Consequences of News Coverage 225  9 The Politics of Discouragement 229  No Interest in a Deal 229  The Foreign Policy Establishment 236  10 Why Won't America Cooperate? 244  Realism 246  The Liberal challenge to Realism 250  Cooperating With Strangers 251  Appendixes 255  Appendix I North Korea's Tit-for-Tat Negotiating Behavior 257  Appendix II Key Documents 260  NOTES 265  INDEX 307","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403673772375,"sku":"9780691010069","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/disarming-strangers-9780691010069","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}