ON THE BRINK - TRUMP, KIM, AND THE THREAT OF NUCLEAR WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days In 2017, the world watched as President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traded personal insults and escalating threats of nuclear war amid unprecedented shows of military force. Former Pentagon insider and Korean security expert Van Jackson traces the origins of the first American nuclear crisis in the post-Cold War era, and explains the fragile, highly unpredictable way that it ended. Grounded in security studies and informed analysis of the US response to North Korea's increasing nuclear threat, Trump's aggressive rhetoric is analysed in the context of prior US policy failures, the geopolitics of East Asia, North Korean strategic culture and the acceleration of its nuclear programme. Jackson argues that the Trump administration's policy of 'maximum pressure' brought the world much closer to inadvertent nuclear war than many realise - and charts a course for the prevention of future conflicts. Features Summary In 2017, the world watched as a barrage of personal insults and escalating threats were traded between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid unprecedented shows of military force... Author Van Jackson Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20181129 Pages 248 ISBN 1-108-47348-2 ISBN 13 978-1-108-47348-4