"Black Box combines the suspense of a spy shriller and the investigative ingenuity of a detective mystery with the careful and well-informed judgments of one of this country's most distinguished experts on the Soviet Union. We may never know the complete story of what happened to KAL 007, but this inquiry into what we do know is not likely soon to be surpassed." --John Lewis Gaddis "That dramatic spisode has found a superb chronicler. Professor Dallin not only tells the tale with narrative skill; he analyzes the background and consequences of the events with great insight. The book is an inspiring example of what can happen when the craft of an historian and scholar is brought to bear on contemporary affairs." --Strobe Talbott "An admirable job of assembling the available information and dispassionately examining the theories. His is an important book." --New York Times Book Review "Dallin's book is particularly helpful in understanding the state of U.S.-Soviet relations and the two countries' reactions after the incident." --Washington Post