Table of contents : Contents Editor’s Introduction Preface to the English-Language Edition Acknowledgments Chapter 1. The Transition to the Nixon Administration Chapter 2. Denuclearized Reversion: The Prime Minister’s Decision Chapter 3. Prime Minister Satò, Former Prime Minister Kishi, and President Nixon Chapter 4. Establishing the Political Hotline Chapter 5. The West Coast White House in San Clemente Chapter 6. Okinawa’s Nuclear Weapons and Textiles Chapter 7. President Nixon’s “Ultimatum” Chapter 8. Conveying Prime Minister Satò’s Counterproposals Chapter 9. Top Secret Negotiations at The White House Chapter 10. Writing the Script in Collaboration with Henry Kissinger Chapter 11. A “Nuclear-Free, Homeland-Level” Reversion by 1972 Chapter 12. The Textiles Question Chapter 13. “All I Can Do Is Await the Judgment of Future Historians” Chapter 14. In the Dark Recesses of History Afterword Notes Index About the Author About the Editor