Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on Korean, Chinese, and Japanese Terms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The United States Faces Korea -- First Encounters -- Japanese Ascendancy in Korea -- National Division -- The Korean War -- The Containment System -- 3 The Dynamics of Structural Adjustment: From Nixon to Carter -- The Guam Doctrine -- Nixon's China Policy -- Ford's Interregnum -- Carter's Military Policy -- The Koreagate Investigations -- Political Crisis in South Korea -- 4 The Passing of the Cold War: The Reagan and Bush Years -- Reagan's Anti-Communist Policy -- The Beijing Talks -- Roh's Northern Diplomacy -- Economic Relations -- 5 From Containment to Engagement: Clinton's Policy -- Engagement Policy -- The Four-Party Talks -- The Perry Process -- A Missed Opportunity -- 6 In Search of Hegemonic Diplomacy: Bush's Policy -- Bush's New Doctrines -- The "Axis of Evil" -- The HEU Program -- Multilateral Diplomacy -- The Six-Party Talks -- A Strained Alliance -- The Yongsan Garrison -- South Korean Troops in Iraq -- 7 Prospects -- Continuity and Change -- Inter-Korean Relations -- The United States and Korea after Unification -- Appendix: Tables -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.