TABLE OF CONTENTS: PREFACE ix
ABBREVIATIONS xiii
1 Uncooperative America 3
A History of Failure 5
Shared Uncertainty, Shared Certitude 10
The Politics of Diplomatic Paralysis 13
PART I: COERCION FAILS 15
2 The Bush Deadlock Machine 17
Dealing with Korean Insecurities 20
North Korea Reciprocates for U.S. Security Assurances 25
"One Meeting Means One Meeting" 32
Ignoring the North's Offer 38
Witnesses for the Prosecution 42
Interregnum Politics. No One Stands Up to Team Spirit 44
3 The Clinton Administration Ties Itself in Knots 52
Coaxing North Korea Part-way Back into the Treaty 55
The Reactor Deal Redux 65
Empty Threats 71
An Empty "Package Deal" 77
Seoul Gets the Shakes 84
4 A "Better than Even" Chance of Misestimation 90
The Collapse of "Super Tuesday" 95
Let Bygones Be Bygones, for Now 108
Stumbling to the Brink 113
5 Deadlock 124
PART II: COOPERATION SUCCEEDS 129
6 Open Covenants, Privately Arrived At 131
Private Contacts With Pyongyang 133
Pyongyang Reaches Out 137
The Hidden Hand in the First Joint Statement 140
Two Foundations Try to Jump-Start Diplomacy 143
Jimmy Carter refuses to Take "No" for an Answer 150
The Carter-Kim Deal 155
The Bushmen Go on Me Warpath 162
7 Getting to Yes 168
Kim Il Sung's Legacy 172
Putting Some chips on the Table 176
The October Agreed Framework 184
Decrying and Defending the Deal 192
The Issue at Kuala Lumpur: What's in a Name? 199
PART III: CONCLUSIONS 205
8 Nuclear Diplomacy in the News--An Untold Story 207
Unfamiliarity Breeds Contempt 208
Explaining News on Nuclear Diplomacy 219
Op-eds and Editorials 223
Possible Consequences of News Coverage 225
9 The Politics of Discouragement 229
No Interest in a Deal 229
The Foreign Policy Establishment 236
10 Why Won't America Cooperate? 244
Realism 246
The Liberal challenge to Realism 250
Cooperating With Strangers 251
Appendixes 255
Appendix I North Korea's Tit-for-Tat Negotiating Behavior 257
Appendix II Key Documents 260
NOTES 265
INDEX 307
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