Chae-Jin Lee is Bank of America Professor of Pacific Basin Studies and Professor of Government (Emeritus) at Claremont McKenna College, USA.

Preface

Chapter 1: Introduction: Ronald Reagan's Foreign Policy

Chapter 2: Embracing the Primacy of Alliance and Stability

--A Prelude to Korean Entanglements

--Ronald Reagan Meets Chun Doo Hwan

--Quiet Diplomacy in Action

Chapter 3: Dealing with Tragedies and Crises in Korea

--A Case of an Anti-American Campaign

--Destroying KAL 007 and Bombing in Rangoon

--Ronald Reagan Goes to Seoul and DMZ

Chapter 4: Kim Dae Jung: Exile in America and its Aftermath

--Arranging Kim Dae Jung's Exile in America

--A Dilemma: To Stay or To Go Home

--The Final Reagan-Chun Summit Meeting

Chapter 5: Protests, Succession Struggles, and Economic Relations

--Struggles for Political Succession

--Controversies in Economic Relations

Chapter 6: In Pursuit of Democratization and Engagement

--The Process of Democratization in South Korea

--Peaceful Transfer of Presidential Power

--Modest Engagement toward North Korea

Chapter 7: Assessments and Prospects

--The Functions of Alliance Politics

--The Paradox of Quiet Diplomacy

--The Legacy of Reagan's Korea Policy

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