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.
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Yoshida Shigeru : last Meiji man by Shigeru Yoshida. ISBN 9780742539334. Published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
