Korea

Foreword (The Honorable Jin Park, Ph.D.) vi

Acknowledgements ix

Chronology xi

Map xxi

1 The Crisis on the Korean Peninsula 1

2 Korea: A Nation Divided 9

3 North Korea after the Korean War: The Long March to Ruin 22

4 South Korea after the Korean War: From Struggling Dictatorship to Vibrant Democracy 50

5 US–North Korean Relations and the First Nuclear Crisis 63

6 The 'Sunshine Policy': South Korean National Security Policy in a New Era 92

7 Renewed Confrontation and the Second North Korean Nuclear Crisis 110

8 The Military Confrontation on the Korean Peninsula 137

9 Understanding the Security Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula 169

References 193

Index 201