Going Critical
Subtitle: The First North Korean Nuclear Crisis
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: August 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 474
ISBN-13: 9780815793878
Subjects: Arms negotiation & control; International relations; Political History; International Relations - Arms Control; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; North Korea; USA; Government - U.S. Government; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Political Science-Government - U.S. Government; Political Science-Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; International Relations - Diplomacy; 20th century; Foreign relations; Korea (North); Nuclear weapons; World politics
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.