Ted Galen Carpenter - The Korean Conundrum : America's Troubled Relations with North and South Korea download book TXT, DOC, PDF
9781403965455 English 1403965455 The US seems to be heading directly toward a confrontation with North Korea as Koreans in the south, and nations around the world, anxiously witness mounting tension. Carpenter and Bandow take a look at the twin crises now afflicting US policy in East Asia: the reemergence of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and the growing anti-American sentiment in South Korea. They question whether Washington's East Asia security strategy makes sense with the looming prospect of US troops stationed in South Korea becoming nuclear hostages. Carpenter and Bandow put forth the most provocative solution yet to this gnarled and dangerous situation., This book discusses the twin crisis now afflicting U.S. policy in East Asia. One crisis is the re-emergence of North Korea's nuclear-weapons program and the dangers it poses. The other crisis is the growing anti-American sentiments in South Korea. The book also questions whether Washington's East Asia security strategy makes sense any longer given the possibility of a nuclear-armed North Korea and the fraying ties between the United States and South Korea. The prospect of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea becoming nuclear hostages makes it imperative to reconsider U.S. policy on the Korean peninsular and throughout East Asia., he United States is heading directly toward a confron-ta-tion with North Korea. Everyday, we see a build-up to a situation similar to the morass we now know as Iraq. Carpenter and Bandow take a look at the twin crises now afflicting United States policy in East Asia and how we might best solve them: the reemergence of North Korea's nuclear weapons pro-gram and the growing anti-American sentiment in South Korea. They also question whether Washington's East Asia security strategy makes sense with the looming prospect of United States troops stationed in South Korea becoming nuclear hos-tages. Carpenter and Bandow put forth the most provoca-tive solution yet to this gnarled and dangerous situation.
9781403965455 English 1403965455 The US seems to be heading directly toward a confrontation with North Korea as Koreans in the south, and nations around the world, anxiously witness mounting tension. Carpenter and Bandow take a look at the twin crises now afflicting US policy in East Asia: the reemergence of North Korea's nuclear weapons program and the growing anti-American sentiment in South Korea. They question whether Washington's East Asia security strategy makes sense with the looming prospect of US troops stationed in South Korea becoming nuclear hostages. Carpenter and Bandow put forth the most provocative solution yet to this gnarled and dangerous situation., This book discusses the twin crisis now afflicting U.S. policy in East Asia. One crisis is the re-emergence of North Korea's nuclear-weapons program and the dangers it poses. The other crisis is the growing anti-American sentiments in South Korea. The book also questions whether Washington's East Asia security strategy makes sense any longer given the possibility of a nuclear-armed North Korea and the fraying ties between the United States and South Korea. The prospect of U.S. troops stationed in South Korea becoming nuclear hostages makes it imperative to reconsider U.S. policy on the Korean peninsular and throughout East Asia., he United States is heading directly toward a confron-ta-tion with North Korea. Everyday, we see a build-up to a situation similar to the morass we now know as Iraq. Carpenter and Bandow take a look at the twin crises now afflicting United States policy in East Asia and how we might best solve them: the reemergence of North Korea's nuclear weapons pro-gram and the growing anti-American sentiment in South Korea. They also question whether Washington's East Asia security strategy makes sense with the looming prospect of United States troops stationed in South Korea becoming nuclear hos-tages. Carpenter and Bandow put forth the most provoca-tive solution yet to this gnarled and dangerous situation.