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Yasuhiro Nakasone's rise to political prominence began under the watchful eye of the American occupation with which he had a direct and confrontational relationship, arguing for the ending of the occupation and the restoration of sovereignty to Japan. Nakasone argued for Japan's need to become a 'normal' nation which in his view involved an enhanced international role for Japan and an enhanced role for the prime minister in domestic policy-making. Both ideas have come to win an increasingly broad acceptance, although Nakasone's slow rise to the position of prime minister bears testament to the controversy aroused by his views.

These political memoirs chart the journey from his youth in the aftermath of the First World War to his appearance on the world stage at the side of President Reagan. They conclude with his thoughts, on the eve of the domestic upheavals which saw the fall of the LDP, on the prospects for a third 'opening' of Japan to rival the Meiji Restoration and the MacArthur reforms. Now an adviser to a younger generation of politicians, he is regarded by many as a modern-day Genro for Japan.

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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS = xi
1 THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN = 1
  My mother and my father, the timber merchant = 1
  Meditations on nature in J o ? sh u ? = 6
  Fall-back position : success at Shizuoka High = 10
  Dilettante period = 14
  My mother becomes a star = 17
2 NAVAL PAYMASTER SUB-LIEUTENANT = 22
  'Two years active service' : the spirit of the navy = 22
  Dispute aboard the warship Aoba on the opening of hostilities = 26
  The construction corps puts up a brave fight = 31
  The secret of shooting the crocodile = 34
  Singing the Seiwa dormitory song = 37
  Following Captain Hamada = 41
  Ochiai sensei, the teacher I can't forget = 44
  Younger brother Ry o ? suke is killed in the war = 47
3 THE ROAD TO POLITICS = 51
  Seize the chance = 51
  The country destroyed, there are mountains and rivers = 54
  The birth of the Seinen Konwakai = 57
  I give up the bureaucracy without my father's knowledge = 60
  Speech-making on a white bicycle = 64
  Young Turks in the Prime Minister's official residence = 67
  Comments by Tokutomi S o ? h o ? = 71
  The Blue Cloud School and the incident of the Japanese flag = 74
4 THE CHALLENGE OF NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION = 81
  Petition to General MacArthur = 81
  Opinions on the defence of Japan = 84
  Yes to the Peace Treaty, no to the Security Treaty = 87
  Questions and answers about the constitution : Kishi and Nixon = 90
  Two fundamental questions for the nation : Constitution and Abdication = 94
5 A NEW AWARENESS OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS = 100
  Observing the Communist Bloc = 100
  The speech that was erased from the records = 103
  Unexpected budget for peaceful use of nuclear energy = 106
  Establishing a legal system for nuclear power = 109
  The dawning of an Arab policy = 114
  Power struggle of the century = 117
  A meeting with Dr Kissinger = 119
6 HUMAN PATTERNS ON THE POLITICAL STAGE = 124
  Band o ? Musha : man of spirit = 124
  Sixteen bouts in Japan-Soviet negotiations = 126
  Yoshida Shigeru and K o ? no Ichiro = 130
  Sarcasm and the venerable Miki Bukichi = 134
  Helping the course of 'Love in Parliament' = 137
  An argument for the public election of the prime minister = 139
7 BECOMING A MINISTER OF STATE = 145
  First Cabinet post as Director of the Science and Technology Agency = 145
  Diary of the 1960 Security Treaty Riots = 148
  Negotiating JAL flights to Moscow = 154
  'Volunteer' Director-General of the Defence Agency = 158
  The Director-General takes to the skies = 161
  The Mishima Incident = 164
8 KILLING TIME = 168
  My friendship with the Kennedy brothers = 168
  Cheering on Ozawa Seiji = 170
  Standing at the South Pole = 171
  The stone monument at Ashinoy u ? in Hakone = 172
  A life of solitude in a mountain hut in Hinode = 174
9 THE YEARS OF POLITICAL POWER = 177
  The youngest faction leader = 177
  Victory or defeat by the reach of the sword = 179
  Becoming the President of Takushoku University = 182
  The last days of the Sat o ? administration = 184
  How to be Prime Minister = 188
  The first oil crisis and the secret mesenger to the Arabs = 192
  Same class struggles with Tanaka Kakuei = 195
l0 APPOINTMENT AS PRIME MINISTER = 200
  Dok o ? 's tears = 200
  Birth of an entrepreneurial cabinet = 205
  Home-made diplomacy moves the world = 209
  World leaders = 213
11 WHITHER JAPAN THE FATHERLAND? = 217
  Toward the 'Third Opening' of Japan = 217
  The role and qualities of Japan's prime minister = 220
  Navigating the 'sea of politics' = 223
  The late Emperor = 226
  Nearing the end of a long journey = 229
POSTSCRIPT = 233
DOCUMENTS = 236
  1. Petition to General MacArthur = 236
  2. Letter from Senator Robert Taft = 253
NOTES = 254