Preface to the English-Language Edition

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Editor’s Introduction 1
4. Preface to the English-Language Edition 17
5. Acknowledgments 27
6. Chapter 1. The Transition to the Nixon Administration 33
7. Chapter 2. Denuclearized Reversion: The Prime Minister’s Decision 49
8. Chapter 3. Prime Minister Satò, Former Prime Minister Kishi, and President Nixon 64
9. Chapter 4. Establishing the Political Hotline 86
10. Chapter 5. The West Coast White House in San Clemente 119
11. Chapter 6. Okinawa’s Nuclear Weapons and Textiles 148
12. Chapter 7. President Nixon’s “Ultimatum” 171
13. Chapter 8. Conveying Prime Minister Satò’s Counterproposals 185
14. Chapter 9. Top Secret Negotiations at The White House 202
15. Chapter 10. Writing the Script in Collaboration with Henry Kissinger 230
16. Chapter 11. A “Nuclear-Free, Homeland-Level” Reversion by 1972 253
17. Chapter 12. The Textiles Question 278
18. Chapter 13. “All I Can Do Is Await the Judgment of Future Historians” 300
19. Chapter 14. In the Dark Recesses of History 311
20. Afterword 332
21. Notes 337
22. Index 361
23. About the Author 369
24. About the Editor 369