A Moment of Crisis: Jimmy Carter, The Power of a Peacemaker, and North Koreas Nuclear Ambitions
by By Creekmore, Marion V.
Category: Political Science , International Relations , Diplomacy

In A Moment of Crisis, Marion V. Creekmore, Jr. tells the  story of Jimmy Carter's dramatic intervention in the 1994  North Korean nuclear crisis and shows how Carter prevented  what he had determined was an almost certain  war. Writing with the cooperation of President Carter,  and drawing on a large amount of primary source material  that has never been used before, Creekmore, who  accompanied Carter into North Korea, delivers a gripping  narrative of the former President on one of his most  remarkable missions, a clear-eyed investigation into the  controversies and successes of the mission and others  like it, and an illuminating look at how to best handle  North Korea and other "rogue regimes." This is essential  reading for anyone interested in diplomacy of the highest  order, how Jimmy Carter has accomplished the extraordinary  achievements of his post-Presidency, the circumstances  that can lead to war, and the resolve that it takes  to avoid it.