Yoshida Shigeru : last Meiji man / by Yoshida Shigeru ; edited by Hiroshi Nara ; with translations from Japanese by Yoshida Ken'ichi and Hiroshi Nara.

Includes index.

Mostly excerpts from his Kaisō jun̄en with the last 3 chapters added.

The unfolding tragedy -- The crisis breaks -- Aftermath of defeat -- Blueprint for an occupation -- General MacArthur and his aides -- My political apprenticeship -- The "Yoshida era" begins -- My first cabinet -- In opposition and an election victory -- The last three Yoshida cabinets -- The West revisited -- Old friends in Britain and the United States -- The postwar constitution -- Critics of the new constitution -- The purges -- Educational reform -- Police reform -- The Self-Defense Force -- Agricultural reform -- The postwar food crisis -- Labor reforms and after -- My views on Japan's labor movement -- The communists as a destructive force -- The San Francisco Peace Treaty -- Preparatory negotiations for peace -- The San Francisco Peace Conference -- The territorial question -- The U.S.-Japan Security Treaty -- The administrative agreement -- Korean War, peace, and independence -- My view on the Imperial Household -- Recollections of my days as a diplomat -- Recollections of friends.

Mostly excerpts from his Kaisō jun̄en with the last 3 chapters added.

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