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

By: Pritchard, Charles L.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007Description: xii, 228 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Nuclear nonproliferation -- Korea (North) | Nuclear weapons -- Korea (North) | United States -- Foreign relations -- Korea (North) | Korea (North) -- Foreign relations -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 355.02/17095193 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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.

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

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.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.