Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Korea in a World of Change: Change in Asia: Developments in Korea, The Philippines, and the United States; Current International Trends and the Two Koreas; Korea in a World of Change Chapter 4 The Korean War: Stalin's Political Objectives in the Korean War: New Documentary Evidence Chapter 5 U.S.-Korean and U.S.-Chinese Relations: U.S.-Korean Relations: Continuity and Change in the Post-Cold War Era; U.S.-Chinese Relations and North Korea: Past and Future Chapter 6 North Korea: The Country and the Nuclear Problem: North Korea's Nuclear Problem; North Korea and the United States: Promise or Peril?; North Korea and Nuclear Weapons Chapter 7 The History of a Crisis: North Korea's Dangerous Nuclear Deal, Process, and Prosepect