title: Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two Koreas
author:  Marcus Noland 
description: <i>Avoiding the Apocalypse</i> is unique in its breadth and rigor and essential reading for anyone interested in the future of Korea. (Joseph E. Stiglitz, Former Senior Vice President of Development Economics and Chief Economist of the World Bank)<br /><br />Marcus Noland has managed to integrate the political and economic stories of both North and South Korea in one most useful volume.... Noland's account offers especially timely insights and guidance. (Robert B. Zoellick)<br /><br />[This] encyclopedic coverage of the two Korean economies... will be widely read and cited. (Il SaKong, Chairman and CEO of the Institute for Global Economics and former Minister of Finance of the Republic of South Korea)
zlib_text: Contents
  Title Page
  Contents
  Copyright
  Preface
  The Shootdown of BX 411
  South Korea Hits Back
  Hurricane Donald
  The Noise of Rumors
  Sunshine State
  A False Dawn Breaks
  Fumble
  A World Without North Korea
  Wheels Up
  Black Rain
  Conclusion
  Statement by Former President of the United States
  Donald J. Trump
  Acknowledgments
  Notes
  About the Author
  Connect with HMH
  Footnotes
  
  Copyright 2018 by Jeffrey Lewis
  All rights reserved
  THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION—AN IMAGINATION OF A FUTURE BASED ON ACTUAL
  EVENTS. EVERYTHING THAT TAKES PLACE BEFORE AUGUST 7, 2018, IS TRUE
  AND SUPPORTED BY THE ENDNOTES, WHICH ARE ALSO TRUE. EVERYTHING THAT
  TAKES PLACE AFTER THAT DATE IS INVENTED. IN SOME INSTANCES, AS
  INDICATED IN THE ENDNOTES AND THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, QUOTES FROM
  PAST EVENTS ARE SUPERIMPOSED ON INVENTED SITUATIONS.
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