"A Brookings Institution book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-220) and index.

Annotation,The first comprehensive blueprint to decisively answer the question "What can be done about North Korea?" Before George W. Bush proclaimed it a member of the "axis of evil," North Korea had already spent decades at odds with the rest of the world. Crisis on the Korean Peninsula" is the first book to take readers inside this nation's previously impenetrable walls while also confronting the question of how to deal with it. Provocative and insightful, it outlines a comprehensive program for defusing today's most perilous nuclear crisis. Praise for Crisis on the Korean Peninsula: "This deeply informed and closely argued book could well be part of the solution. . . .Their book is smart, dispassionate and full of new information. . . .The 'grand diplomatic bargain' is ambitious and complex, and worth a careful perusal by anyone concerned with the issues. ... O'Hanlon and Mochizuki provide many reasons to hope that an enlightened American diplomacy might finally resolve this state of perpetualcrisis."--Washington Post "Michael O'Hanlon. . . and Mike Mochizuki ... have put together what they call a 'grand bargain.' Proposed in their new book, Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, it is a brilliant scheme for negotiations designed to gain the United States its essential security objectives--virtually everything Washington wants, except regime change."--Los Angeles Times "A comprehensive proposal for addressing one of the most important issues of our day."--George Mitchell, Former Senate Majority Leader "In describing their comprehensive proposal for negotiations with North Korea, O'Hanlon and Mochizuki exhibit the strategic creativity and analytical depth badlyneeded by United States policymakers dealing with this strange--and dangerous--place."--Ash Carter, Professor, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University, and Former Assistant Secretary of Defense "By far the best book yet.

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