PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITIO = xi A NOTE ON KOREAN NAMES = xvii 1. Where the Wild Birds Sing = 1 THE EMERGENCE OF TWO KOREAS = 3 WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH = 8 THE ORIGINS OF NEGOTIATION = 11 KlM IL SUNG = 16 CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SOUTH = 23 2. The End of the Beginning = 27 PAKK CHUNG HEE = 31 WASHINGTON BLINKS AT PARK'S COUP = 37 THE IMPACT OF YUSHIN = 41 3. The TroubIe Deepens = 47 THE STRUGGLE WITH JAPAN = 51 THE UNDERGROUND WAR = 56 CHALLENGE FROM THE NORTH = 59 ECHOES OF SAIGON = 64 THE SOUTH KOREAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM = 68 MURDER IN THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE = 74 4. The Carter Chill = 84 CARTER'S WlTHDRAWAL: ORIGINS AND IMPLEMENTATION = 85 THE VlEW FROM PYONGYANG = 94 END OF THE CARTER WlTHDRAWAL = 101 5. Assassination and Aftermath = 109 THE COMING OF CHUN DOO HWAN = 116 THE KWANGJU UPRISING = 124 THE FlGHT TO SAVE KlM DAE JUNG = 133 6. Terror and Talk = 139 THE NEGOTIATING TRACK = 144 FLOODS AND FACE-TO-FACE TALKS = 147 KlM IL SUNG AND THE SOVIET CONNECTION = 153 7. The Battle for Democracy in Seoul = 161 CHUN'S SUCCESSION STRUGGLE = 162 THE ELECTION OF 1987 = 1728. Tfie Great Ofympic Coming-Out Party = 179 THE COMING OF THE OLYMPICS = 180 THE BOMBING OF KAL FLIGHT 858 = 183 THE RlSE OF NORDPOLITIK = 186 WASHINGTON LAUNCHES A MODEST INITIATWE = 192 9. Moscow Switches Sides = 197 THE ROOTS OF CHANGE = 200 GORBACHEV MEETS ROH = 204 THE SHEVARDNADZE MlSSION = 213 "HOW LONG WlLL THE RED FLAG FLY?" = 218 SOVIET-SOUTH KOREAN ECONOMIC NEGOTIATIONS = 225 10. China Shifts Its Ground = 229 A VlSIT TO NORTH KOKEA = 232 CHINA CHANGES COURSE = 239 11. Joining the Nuclear Issue = 249 THE ORIGINS OF THE NUCLEAR PROGRAM = 251 NUCLEAR DlPLOMACY: THE AMERICAN WEAPONS = 255 THE DECEMBER ACCORDS = 260 MEETING IN NEW YORK = 265 THE COMING OF THE INSPECTORS = 267 FROM ACCOMMODATION TO CRISIS = 271 12. Withdrawal and Engagement = 281 THE LlGHT-WATER REACTOR PLAN = 287 KlM YOUNG SAM BLOWS THE WHISTLE = 291 THE SEASON OF CRSIS BEGINS = 297 13. Showdown over Nuclear Weapons = 305 THE DEFUELING CRISIS = 306THE MlLITARY TRACK = 311 THE DEEPENING CONFLICT = 316 CARTER IN PYONGYANG = 326 14. Death and Accord = 337 THE SUCCESSION OF KIM JONG IL = 345 THE FRAMEWORK NEGOTIATIONS = 351 THE KIM JONG IL REGIME = 359 THE STRUGGLE OVER THE REACTORS = 365 15. North Korea in Crisis = 369 POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE IN SEOUL = 376 SUMMIT DIPLOMACY AND THE FOUR-PARTY PROPOSAL = 382 THE SUBMARINE INCURSION = 387 NORTH KOREA'S STEEP DECLINE = 393 THE PASSAGE OF HWANG JANG YOP = 399 THE TWO KOREAS IN TIME OF TROUBLE = 406 16. Turn Toward Engagement = 409 INTO THE HEAVENS, UNDER THE EARTH = 410 TOWARD AN AID-BASED STATE = 414 PERRY TO THE RESCUE = 418 TOWARD THE JUNE SUMMIT = 423 SUMMIT IN PYONGYANG = 428 ENGAGING THE UNOTED STATES = 435 AFTERWORD = 443 PRINCIPAL KOREAN FIGURES IN THE TEXT = 447 ACKNOWLEDGDENTS = 451 nOTES AND SOURCES = 461 INDEX = 503.