Product Description

Presents a comprehensive study of North Korea's thought out and consistent policy of how to succeed in a hostile world and expresses that the world and particularly the U.S. are not nearly hostile enough with North Korea. Softcover. DLC: Korea (North)--Foreign Relations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #990480 in Books
• Published on: 1998-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 340 pages

Customer Reviews

Required reading for those who deal with North Korea
I deal with North Koreans on a regular basis, and Chuck Downs's book should be required for all who deal with North Korea, or for that matter South Korea. Whether in the public or private sphere, this is an important book and should be read by anyone who negotiates on behalf of the United States.

Mr. Downs has written a practical book with historical anecdotes and penetrating insights.

Bravo!

If you know something about Korea it would be interesting
I would like to have either more on the actual negotiating or more on the history but the book seems to jump back and forwards between the two leaving me the reader a bit confused. So someone like myself who knows little about US and North Korea relations got little from this book.

Disappointingly it does not include that much about how other goverments (in particular South Korea) reacted and played in these talks.

However if you want to know about how the North Korean goverment have behaved with the US this is a very good book. I was stunned to read the sort of documents the US has had to sign in dealing with the North Koreans.

It shows the limitation that the US faces even in a region that it is the major power.

Diplomacy on the brinkmanship
Chuck Downes has written exellent book. The history diplomatic contacts United States with North Korea was begin in 1951. Military Armistice Comissionn in Panmunjom was to 1993 only one channel diplomatic contacts. Chuck Downs described north korean diplomatic behaviour. Tis diplomacy on the brinkmanship. This continue now by Kim Chong-il. Spreading nuclear programme after withdrawal from nonproliferation regime. Book is detailed description events in history this contact. Murders axes from Panmujom accident , Pueblo warship case, Submarine commando strikers are only leading examles this activity. This book is needed for all diplomats, scholars , journalists try understand korean issue.