The Yoshida Memoirs: The Story of Japan in Crisis

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Preface vii
• 1 - The Unfolding Tragedy 1
• 2 - The Crisis Breaks 13
• 3 - Aftermath of Defeat 31
• 4 - Blueprint an Occupation 43
• 5 - General MacArthur and his Aides 48
• 6 - My Political Apprenticeship 61
• 7 - The 'Yoshida Era' Begins 69
• 8 - My First Cabinet 78
• 9 - In Oppsition -- and an Election Victory 85
• 10 - The Last Three Yoshida Cabinets 91
• 11 - The West Revisited 100
• 12 - Old Friends in Britain and U.S.A. 116
• 13 - The Post-war Constitution 126
• 14 - Critics of the New Constitution 143
• 15 - The Purges 147
• 16 - Educational Reform 167
• 17 - Police Reform 176
• 18 - The Self-Defence Force 182
• 19 - Agricultural Reform 196
• 20 - The Post-war Food Crisis 204
• 21 - Labour Reforms and After 211
• 22 - My Views on Japan's Labour Movement 223
• 23 - The Communists as a Destructive Force 232
• 24 - The San Francisco Peace Treaty 243
• 25 - Preparatory Negotiations for Peace 249
• 26 - The San Francisco Peace Conference 254
• 27 - The Territorial Question 261
• 28 - The U.S -- Japan Security Treaty 263
• 29 - The Administrative Agreement 269
• Postscript 276
• Index 293

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