Satō, America and the Cold War

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • Fintan Hoey

   Pages 1-6

3. Satō’s First Year in Power, 1964–1965

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   Pages 7-21

4. Maturity, Reversion and a Year of Crises: 1966–1968

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   Pages 22-45

5. The Reversion of Okinawa, 1969, Part 1

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   Pages 46-71

6. The Reversion of Okinawa, 1969, Part 2

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   Pages 72-93

7. The Reversion of Okinawa, 1969, Part 3

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   Pages 94-118

8. The Nixon Doctrine and Japan’s Defence Policy, 1969–1971

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   Pages 119-137

9. The Nixon China Shock, 1971

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   Pages 138-160

10. Economic Woes, 1971–1972

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    Pages 161-177

11. Conclusion

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    Pages 178-181

12. Back Matter

    Pages 182-245

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Using recently released archival material from the US and Japan, this book critically re-examines US–Japanese relations during the tenure of Satō Eisaku, Japan’s longest serving prime minister. During these critical years in the Cold War in Asia, with the Vietnam War raging and the acquisition by China of a nuclear capability, Satō closely aligned with the US. This directly contributed to his success in securing the reversion of Okinawa and other Japanese territories which had remained under US control since Japan’s surrender at the end of World War II. To accomplish this he was also forced to conclude secret agreements with President Richard Nixon, including one on nuclear weapons, which are explored fully. Satō faced the challenge of the Nixon administration’s attempts to shore up the relative decline in American power with policies at odds with allied interests. Satō successfully overcame such challenges and also laid the groundwork for Japan’s anti-nuclear policy.

• Japan
• United States
• Cold War
• Sat? Eisaku
• nuclear weapons
• Okinawa
• reversion
• Nakasone
• Nixon
• LBJ
• Lyndon Johnson
• Kissinger
• Melvin Laird
• China
• Kissinger, Henry A.
• Sato Eisaku
• USA

• Franklin University Switzerland, Switzerland

  Fintan Hoey

Fintan Hoey is Assistant Professor of History at Franklin University, Switzerland, was previously a Government of Ireland Doctoral Scholar at the Humanities Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland, and held a Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship at Rikkyo University, Tokyo. He has previously published on Japan’s defence policy and his current research centres on the Japanese approach to nuclear weapons.

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