Victor D. Cha is the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and professor of government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He won the 2000 Ohira Book prize for Alignment Despite Antagonism: The U.S.-Korea-Japan Security Triangle and is coauthor of Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. He is the former director of Asian affairs on the National Security Council and deputy head of the United States delegation to the six party talks.

[Cha] illuminates both the good and the bad roles sports can play in a society. -- Song Woong-ki Korea Herald A profound study of the cultural and political dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region. -- Jean Brisebois Taiwan Today

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Chronology 1. Purism Versus Politics 2. The Argument 3. More Than Just National Pride 4. Greasing the Wheels of Diplomacy 5. The Olympic Facelift 6. Catch-22 7. The Slippery Slope of Change Notes Index

Victor D. Cha is the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and professor of government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He won the 2000 Ohira Book prize for Alignment Despite Antagonism: The U.S.-Korea-Japan Security Triangle and is coauthor of Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. He is the former director of Asian affairs on the National Security Council and deputy head of the United States delegation to the six party talks.

[Cha] illuminates both the good and the bad roles sports can play in a society. -- Song Woong-ki Korea Herald A profound study of the cultural and political dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region. -- Jean Brisebois Taiwan Today

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Chronology 1. Purism Versus Politics 2. The Argument 3. More Than Just National Pride 4. Greasing the Wheels of Diplomacy 5. The Olympic Facelift 6. Catch-22 7. The Slippery Slope of Change Notes Index

Victor D. Cha is the D. S. Song-Korea Foundation Chair in Asian Studies and professor of government in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He won the 2000 Ohira Book prize for Alignment Despite Antagonism: The U.S.-Korea-Japan Security Triangle and is coauthor of Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. He is the former director of Asian affairs on the National Security Council and deputy head of the United States delegation to the six party talks.

[Cha] illuminates both the good and the bad roles sports can play in a society. -- Song Woong-ki Korea Herald A profound study of the cultural and political dynamics of the Asia-Pacific region. -- Jean Brisebois Taiwan Today

• List of Figures and Tables Preface Chronology 1. Purism Versus Politics 2. The Argument 3. More Than Just National Pride 4. Greasing the Wheels of Diplomacy 5. The Olympic Facelift 6. Catch-22 7. The Slippery Slope of Change Notes Index