Ever since talks between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump broke down in 2019, relations between Washington and Pyongyang have been in a holding pattern.

But as President-elect Joe Biden’s administration prepares to take the White House in January, a whole new team of advisers and policymakers will seek answers from the tumultuous past to maybe — finally — go down a new path and make a breakthrough with North Korea.

That’s where author and historian A. B. Abrams comes in: His new book, “Immovable Object,” explores the full 75-year history of U.S.-DPRK relations