This volume affords a fascinating and rare look at the sensitive
issue of nuclear diplomacy between two critical Cold War allies,
the United States and Japan, during the 1960s. Challenging the
silence of the official bureaucracies in Washington and Tokyo,
Wakaizumi Kei reveals the truth behind the secret 1969 agreement
that ensured the eventual reversion of Okinawa to Japanese
jurisdiction in 1972. Revelation of this secret accord created
considerable controversy in Japan when Wakaizumi's memoir was first
published in 1994. With the publication of this translation, his
description of the events leading up to the closed-door agreement
is available to an English-language audience for the first time.
At a time when security matters are once again predominant in
the U.S. -- Japan alliance, Professor Wakaizumi's account is a
timely reminder of the gap between official, media-filtered
descriptions of diplomatic relations and the private discussions of
national leaders. The long-standing reluctance of the Japanese
government to declassify its postwar diplomatic records has meant
that Japan's side of its relationship with the U.S. has been only
partially revealed. The Best Course Available attempts to correct
this shortcoming and at the same time provides insight into the
complicated and arcane process of foreign policymaking, national
leadership, and domestic politics in Japan after 1945.
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