Going Critical
Subtitle: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: April 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780815793861
Subjects: International relations; Nuclear weapons; Political Science; International Relations - Diplomacy; Foreign relations; Politics and government; Politics / Current Events; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Politics/International Relations; North Korea; Korea (North); Government - U.S. Government; International Relations - Arms Control; 20th century; World politics; Military policy
First sentence: FLYING OVER NORTH KOREA IN 1980, an American spy satellite spotted something alarming: the foundations of what would become a 5-megawatt nuclear reactor.