Cover; Reviews; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Maps; Introduction; 1 The Inheritance of Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Korea; 2 North Korean Strategic Thought; 3 The Obama Years: From Engagement to Deterrence; 4 History's Hinge Point: The Clinton Counterfactual; 5 President Trump and the Maximum Pressure Strategy; 6 Mimicking Pyongyang; 7 On the Brink of Nuclear War; 8 When Will the War Break Out?; 9 How the Crisis Ended; 10 The Risks of Nuclear War; Index
Summary
Former Pentagon insider Van Jackson explores how Trump and Kim reached - and avoided - the precipice of nuclear war
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, Nov. 30, 2018)