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245 10 a| Fallout :b| the inside story of America's failure to disarm North Korea /c| Joel S. Wit.;

246 30 a| Inside story of America's failure to disarm North Korea;

264 1 a| New Haven ;a| London :b| Yale University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xvii, 535 pages :b| illustrations, portraits ;c| 24 cm;

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353 a| bibliography2| msupplcont0| http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/msupplcont/bibliography;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea's attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. Joel S. Wit, a former State Department official, takes readers to the front lines of nuclear negotiations and to fierce policy debates and secret diplomatic gambits, recounting how perilously close the United States and North Korea have come, on various occasions, to nuclear confrontation. Based on more than three hundred interviews with officials in Washington, Beijing, and Seoul, as well as with the author's contacts in Pyongyang, this book chronicles how six American presidents have approached the problem of North Korea. Wit points to Barack Obama and Donald Trump as the two presidents most responsible for the failure to halt North Korea's march to build a nuclear arsenal, since it was under their successive tenures that Pyongyang acquired the ability to threaten every city in North America. Wit also offers an unparalleled portrait of Kim Jong Un that refutes his caricature as impulsive and illogical. Like his father and his grandfather, Kim is a ruthless despot but also a canny and informed negotiator determined to secure his dictatorship's future by exploring diplomacy or, failing that, by building a nuclear arsenal." - publisher's website.;

505 0 a| Preface: "The past is never dead. It's not even the past." -- 1. "How silly do you think we are?" -- 2. "The world around us is changing" -- 3. "John Bolton was right?" -- 4. "Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something" -- 5. "Please, please, please, we're sorry, we're foreigners" -- 6. "If Wi worried, we worried" -- 7. " We've got them right where we want them" -- 8. "Maybe I will get a crystal ball for Christmas" -- 9. "We weren't going to deal with those assholes anymore" -- 10. "No news is okay news" -- 11. "The five stages of grief" -- 12. "Everyone was trying to piss on the table" -- 13. "Fire and fury" -- 14. "Now, he won't lose his early morning sleep anymore" -- 15. "This wasn't just another negotiation" -- 16. "A rat-shit little country" -- 17. "Looking forward to my next summit with Chairman Kim" -- 18. "A little bit of desperation on the president's part" -- 19. "I want to pour the concrete myself" -- 20. "Not only a return to strategic patience, but a lot darker" -- Epilogue: "I think he'll be happy to see I'm coming back.";

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Fallout : the inside story of America's failure to disarm North Korea / Joel S. Wit.

Author/creator	Wit, Joel S. author.
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xvii, 535 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects	Nuclear weapons--Korea (North). Nuclear warfare--Prevention. Security, International. United States--Foreign relations. --Korea (North). Korea (North)--Foreign relations. --United States. United States--Military relations. --Korea (North). Korea (North)--Military relations. --United States.

Portion of title	Inside story of America's failure to disarm North Korea
Physical medium	monochrome
Physical medium	illustration
Physical medium	portrait
Contents	Preface: "The past is never dead. It's not even the past." -- 1. "How silly do you think we are?" -- 2. "The world around us is changing" -- 3. "John Bolton was right?" -- 4. "Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something" -- 5. "Please, please, please, we're sorry, we're foreigners" -- 6. "If Wi worried, we worried" -- 7. " We've got them right where we want them" -- 8. "Maybe I will get a crystal ball for Christmas" -- 9. "We weren't going to deal with those assholes anymore" -- 10. "No news is okay news" -- 11. "The five stages of grief" -- 12. "Everyone was trying to piss on the table" -- 13. "Fire and fury" -- 14. "Now, he won't lose his early morning sleep anymore" -- 15. "This wasn't just another negotiation" -- 16. "A rat-shit little country" -- 17. "Looking forward to my next summit with Chairman Kim" -- 18. "A little bit of desperation on the president's part" -- 19. "I want to pour the concrete myself" -- 20. "Not only a return to strategic patience, but a lot darker" -- Epilogue: "I think he'll be happy to see I'm coming back."
Abstract	"For almost four decades, the United States has tried to stop North Korea's attempts to build nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. Joel S. Wit, a former State Department official, takes readers to the front lines of nuclear negotiations and to fierce policy debates and secret diplomatic gambits, recounting how perilously close the United States and North Korea have come, on various occasions, to nuclear confrontation. Based on more than three hundred interviews with officials in Washington, Beijing, and Seoul, as well as with the author's contacts in Pyongyang, this book chronicles how six American presidents have approached the problem of North Korea. Wit points to Barack Obama and Donald Trump as the two presidents most responsible for the failure to halt North Korea's march to build a nuclear arsenal, since it was under their successive tenures that Pyongyang acquired the ability to threaten every city in North America. Wit also offers an unparalleled portrait of Kim Jong Un that refutes his caricature as impulsive and illogical. Like his father and his grandfather, Kim is a ruthless despot but also a canny and informed negotiator determined to secure his dictatorship's future by exploring diplomacy or, failing that, by building a nuclear arsenal." - publisher's website.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9780300278774
ISBN	0300278772 (hardcover)

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