1. Introduction; 2. The 'reputations in rivalry' framework; 3. The USS Pueblo crisis (1968); 4. The EC-121 shoot-down (1969); 5. The Panmunjom crisis (1976); 6. The North Korean nuclear crisis (1993–4); 7. Nuclear conflict and North-South provocations; 8. Implications for theory and policy; Bibliography; Index.