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