Terence Roehrig is professor and director of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

In his well-documented and original study of U.S. Korea policy, Terence Roehrig does a marvelous job linking extended deterrence theory to U.S.-Republic of Korea security relations since 1945. He produced something rare: application of a broad, sophisticated theoretical framework explicating the complex subject. Furthermore, his discussions of U.S. security policy vis-à-vis North Korea's nuclear and missile threats are timely, meticulous, and well-balanced.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Deterrence, Compellence, and Korean SecurityChapter 3 The Threat: North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1990Chapter 4 The North Korean Threat: Conventional and Nuclear Weapons, 1991 to the PresentChapter 5 U.S. Interests in KoreaChapter 6 U.S. Security Policy: DeterrenceChapter 7 U.S. Security Policy: Engagement and CompellenceChapter 8 Conclusion

Terence Roehrig is professor and director of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

In his well-documented and original study of U.S. Korea policy, Terence Roehrig does a marvelous job linking extended deterrence theory to U.S.-Republic of Korea security relations since 1945. He produced something rare: application of a broad, sophisticated theoretical framework explicating the complex subject. Furthermore, his discussions of U.S. security policy vis-à-vis North Korea's nuclear and missile threats are timely, meticulous, and well-balanced.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Deterrence, Compellence, and Korean SecurityChapter 3 The Threat: North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1990Chapter 4 The North Korean Threat: Conventional and Nuclear Weapons, 1991 to the PresentChapter 5 U.S. Interests in KoreaChapter 6 U.S. Security Policy: DeterrenceChapter 7 U.S. Security Policy: Engagement and CompellenceChapter 8 Conclusion

Terence Roehrig is professor and director of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

In his well-documented and original study of U.S. Korea policy, Terence Roehrig does a marvelous job linking extended deterrence theory to U.S.-Republic of Korea security relations since 1945. He produced something rare: application of a broad, sophisticated theoretical framework explicating the complex subject. Furthermore, his discussions of U.S. security policy vis-à-vis North Korea's nuclear and missile threats are timely, meticulous, and well-balanced.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Deterrence, Compellence, and Korean SecurityChapter 3 The Threat: North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union, 1948-1990Chapter 4 The North Korean Threat: Conventional and Nuclear Weapons, 1991 to the PresentChapter 5 U.S. Interests in KoreaChapter 6 U.S. Security Policy: DeterrenceChapter 7 U.S. Security Policy: Engagement and CompellenceChapter 8 Conclusion