Aknowledgements = ix Introduction: The Debate Over North Korea / Victor Cha and David Kang = 1 1 Weak but Still Threatening / Victor Cha = 13 2 Threatening, but Deterrence Works / David Kang = 41 3 Response: Why We Must Pursue "Hawk Engagement" / Victor Cha = 70 4 Response: Why Are We Atraid of Engagement? / David Kang = 101 5 Hyperbole Dominates: The 2003 Nuclear Crisis / Victor Cha and David Kang = 128 6 Beyond Hyperbole, Toward a Strategy / Victor Cha and David Kang = 161 Note = 187 Bibliography = 227 Index = 251.