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Crisis on the Korean Peninsula

How to Deal With a Nuclear North Korea

by Michael O'Hanlon, Mike M. Mochizuki

Published 2003172 pagesISBN 978-0-0714-3155-2

"In Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, foreign policy scholars and opinion leaders Michael O'Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki introduce a broad and ambitious program designed to answer - once and for all - the stubborn North Korean question. Detailing a "grand bargain" by which the United States and its allies could defuse North Korea's military threat without resorting to Iraq-style war, this examination outlines a step-by-step process that would: address the nuclear weapons issue that so clouds North Korea's present and future global status and northeast Asia's security; reduce conventional military forces, begin to rebuild the nation's shattered economy, and solve its ongoing humanitarian crisis; and provide face-saving and nerve-calming security assurances to North Korea's embattled leaders, who show signs they might welcome such pledges."--BOOK JACKET.

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Reading lengthA shorter read172 pages in this edition
Publication eraModernFirst published or edition dated 2003
Primary categoryNonfictionExplore similar books below
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978-0-0714-3155-2
Language
English
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OL7300318M
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Works well for a focused weekend or a few concentrated sittings.

Begin with its place in Nonfiction, then notice where the book resists that label.

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