David P. Fields is Associate Director of the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Foreign Friends: Syngman Rhee, American Exceptionalism, and the Division of Korea. Mitchell B. Lerner is Professor of History and the Director of the East Asian Studies Center at The Ohio State University. He is the author of The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy.

• Introduction Ambassador Kathleen Stephens; 1. The Trump Administration's place in the history of US–relations with the Korean Peninsula David Fields; 2. Behind the numbers: Trump's hidden impact on US–Korea economic relations Kyle Ferrier; 3. Plus ça Change? South Korean public opinion of the United States during the Trump Administration Steven Denney; 4. The Trumpian wake-up call: South Korea's search for security beyond the alliance Go Myong-hyun; 5. North Korean human rights during the Trump Administration Danielle Chubb; 6. South Korean public diplomacy vis-à-vis the United States: finding support for policies in Washington DC Kadir Jun Ayhan; 7. Stunted growth or growing pains: the US–ROK Alliance in the Trump Era Clint Work; 8. Inflection points: US–China–North Korea relations in the Trump years David Cheng Chang; 9. How to make friends and alienate people: Japan's relations with the US and the Koreas, 2017–2020 Fintan Hoey; Conclusion: the Trump legacy in Korea, East Asia, and the World Mitchell Lerner.

'America's relationships with North and South Korea surged to the forefront of international politics during the Trump administration. Fortunately, this brilliantly conceived volume edited by Mitchell Lerner and David Fields covers nearly every facet of US-Korean relations during this period. It includes essays on economic, cultural, political, and strategic relations by some of the best young scholars in the field. It should be read by policymakers, scholars and general readers who seek a better understanding of recent developments on the Korean peninsula.' Gregg Brazinsky, author of Winning the Third World: Sino-American Rivalry during the Cold War