Overview : The United States and Korea

Part I. Will North Korea Collapse?
Chapter 1. The Paralysis of American Policy
Chapter 2. Nationalism and the "Permanent Siege Mentality"
Chapter 3. The Confucian Legacy
Chapter 4. Reform by Stealth
Chapter 5. Gold, Oil, and the Basket-Case Image
Chapter 6. Kim Jong Il and His Successors

Part II. Reunification : Postponing the Dream
Chapter 7. Trading Places
Chapter 8. Confederation or Absorption?
Chapter 9. The United States and Reunification

Part III. Toward U.S.Disengagement
Chapter 10. Tripwire
Chapter 11. The United States and the Military Balance
Chapter 12. New Opportunities for Arms Control
Chapter 13. Ending the Korean War
Chapter 14. The Tar Baby Syndrome
Chapter 15. Guidelines for U.S. Policy

Part IV. Toward a Nuclear-Free Korea
Chapter 16. The U.S. Nuclear Challenge to North Korea
Chapter 17. The North Korean Response
Chapter 18. The 1994 Compromise : Can It Survive?
Chapter 19. Japan and Nuclear Weapons
Chapter 20. South Korea and Nuclear Weapons
Chapter 21. Guidelines for U.S. Policy

Part V. Korea in Northeast Asia
Chapter 22. Will History Repeat Itself?
Chapter 23. Korea, Japan, and the United States
Chapter 24. Korea, China, and the United States
Chapter 25. Korea, Russia, and the United States
Chapter 26. Then and Now : The Case for a Neutral Korea