Missiles and Miscalculation

Abstract

Jeffrey Lewiss new book is a story of academic and policy lament. The finer details of the North Korean nuclear crisis – the things that should really matter to people concerned by the issue, and those people driving government responses –are too often glossed over or simply never understood. The small circle of people who are concerned tend to have very little sway. Jeffrey Lewis is one of those fringe people, and The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States: A Speculative Novel is his attempt to bundle academic substance into a more accessible, narrative format; a place where fundamental questions play out in a different light: did Americas leaders have the opportunity to avert the greatest calamity in the history of our nation?