NUCLEAR SHOWDOWN

In his timely book, Gordon G. Chang turns the spotlight back onto theworld's worst regime and most egregious state proliferator of nuclearweapons. As Chang, a longtime Asia hand and accomplished writer, correctlynotes, the world in general and the United States in particular are tooinclined to forget about this dangerous region in their constant focus onIraq and al Qaeda... His prose is lively and crisp, making this book aneasy read on a difficult subject... Accessible and up-to-date.' WashingtonPost ‘[Chang] has sewn together this tale of diplomatic mismanagement ina compelling... account of how the greatest superpower in the world hasbeen repeatedly out-manoeuvred by a tiny country that should havecollapsed years ago.' New York Times