Book description
Asia expert Gordon Chang follows up his successful and
controversial debut The Coming Collapse of China, with the
first book to discuss the full extent of the North Korean nuclear
threat, its origins, international implications, and solutions.
The United States is the mightiest nation in history, yet for
six decades one of the world's weakest states has challenged the
superpower and kept it at bay. Today, that country also threatens to
change the course of human events with an act of unimaginable
devastation. Nuclear Showdown analyses the failed society that
has become the gravest threat to America and international order:
North Korea. Chang's insightful book reveals the full horror of the
crisis threatening to turn Asia into the world's next battleground.
How can North Korea be stopped? No one seems to have an answer. For
more than half a century, policymakers have failed when it comes to
subjugating Kim Il Sung and his son, Kim Jong Il. Nuclear Showdown
proposes a solution that can defuse the standoff once and for all.
Gordon Chang lived and worked in China for almost 20 years. His
articles on China have been published in
The New York Times
,
The Asian Wall St. Journal
, the
International Herald Tribune
, and the
South China Morning Post
. His first book,
The Coming Collapse of China
was published by Century in 2002.
