[ A] deeply-researched account of Americas approach to North Korea since the 1990s, drawing on insider interviews and email exchanges alongside published sources of all kinds.Christopher Harding, Telegraph
Wit has written a gripping book on a difficult subject. . . . His anecdotes and sketches of the players on both sides bring the book to life.Stephen Mercado, NK News
A riveting, blow-by-blow account. . . . Wits personal negotiation experience and mastery of policy detail make this book invaluable.Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs
Astute. . . . Fast-paced and eye-opening.Kirkus Reviews
The book should be essential reading for anyone in Washington hoping to rein in North Koreas rapidly expanding nuclear arsenal.Joe Cirincione, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
An essential read for anyone trying to comprehend how the US arrived at a dead end in North Korea policy. . . . Wits narrative is ultimately a tragic story of missed opportunities to improve relations and slow, stop, maybe reverse the nuclear threat.Global Asia
A remarkable history of US nuclear diplomacy with North Korea [ which] reveals many details of engagement and disengagement by the Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations.Science & Global Security
Wit provides a vivid account of the international discussions, internal debates and behind-the-scenes wrangling that shaped the U.S.s North Korea policy.Robert Wihtol, RealClear Defense
An extraordinarily well-written and insightful history of U.S.North Korean relations over the last thirty-five yearswith all the messy, fascinating bureaucratic politics from which policy emerged. Wit offers sound advice and fair warning for future diplomacy.Robert Gallucci, Georgetown University
Thoroughly researched and admirably readable, Fallout is the best book ever written on U.S. nuclear diplomacy with North Korea.Leon V. Sigal, author of Disarming Strangers: Nuclear Diplomacy with North Korea
An action-packed insiders look at the course of recent U.S. interactions with North Korea, from fire and fury to beautiful love letters; a must read for those interested in U.S. foreign policy and Korea.Susan Thornton, former Acting Assistant Secretary of State
Wit, a former U.S. State Department official, recounts almost four decades of U.S. efforts to halt Pyongyangs work on nuclear weapons and on ballistic missiles as their delivery vehicles. In essence, Fallout is a comprehensive and authoritative history of North Korean nuclearization and Kim Jong Uns growing potential to exploit his countrys formidable nuclear capacity. At this precarious moment of increasing global anarchy, Wits meticulously well-documented book offers readers a refined starting point for military thinkers to identify and rank-order Americas residual strategic options vis-a-vis North Korea. In this connection, as Joel Wit clarifies, Donald J. Trumps named posture of belligerent nationalismAmerica Firstwill make meaningful diplomatic progress with Kim Jong Un continuously unlikely.Louis René Beres, Emeritus Professor, Purdue University
