Failed diplomacy : the tragic story of how North Korea got the bomb / Charles L. Pritchard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pritchard, Charles L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation--Korea (North).

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear weapons--Korea (North).

Nuclear weapons.

United States--Foreign relations--Korea (North).

United States.

Korea (North)--Foreign relations--United States.

Korea (North).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Offers an insider's analysis of developments on the Korean peninsula and how North Korea was able to develop nuclear weapons. Provides a first-hand account of how the Six-Party Talks were initiated, with a step-by-step review of each round of negotiations, detailing the national interests of the key players"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Preface

Prelude to crisis

Part I : The Role of Rhetoric : getting to yes

Confrontation over highly enriched uranium

Influencing the Bush team

Establishing a multilateral framework

Part II : Origin of the six-party talks

Washington and Seoul : a falling out

The players

Part III : Six-party talks

Six party talks : a scorecard

Rounds four and five : false start or cause for optimism?

Consequences and accountability

Missiles, nukes, and talks

Bilateral engagement with Pyongyang : the record

Establishing a permanent security forum

Epilogue

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-218) and index.

ISBN:

9786610856657

9781280856655

1280856653

9780815772019

0815772017

OCLC:

568035196