Foreword by Akira Iriye ........................................ ix
Preface to the English edition ................................. xi
Acknowledgments ................................................ xv
A Note on the Policy-making Process of the Japanese Empire .... xix
Part I War and Repatriation ................................... l
Chapter One
Washington: 7 December 1941 ..................................... 3
Chapter Two
Internment ...................................................... 8
Chapter Three
The Repatriation Ships and the Transfer at Lourenco Marques .... 18
Chapter Four
Singapore (Shonan) ............................................. 25
Part II The Background to War with the United States and
Great Britain ......................................... 33
Chapter Five
Growing Tension between Japan and the United States ............ 35
Chapter Six
The Sino-Japanese War .......................................... 49
Chapter Seven
Motives and Goals for War with the United States ............... 61
Chapter Eight
Causes of War between Japan and the United States .............. 71
Chapter Nine
Was War Between Japan and the United States Inevitable? ........ 83
Part III US-Japan Negotiations and the Coming of the War ....... 95
Chapter Ten
Attempts at Conciliation, Sanctions, and an Aborted Summit
Conference ..................................................... 97
Chapter Eleven
The Tojo Cabinet and the Failure of Negotiations .............. 109
Chapter Twelve
The Hull Note ................................................. 127
Chapter Thirteen
Conspiracy Theories ........................................... 142
Part IV The Nature of the Final Memorandum and Its Delayed
Transmission ......................................... 153
Chapter Fourteen
Declaration of War or Termination of Negotiations? ............ 155
Chapter Fifteen
Hiding of the War-decision by Japan ........................... 167
Chapter Sixteen
The Unannounced War with Britain .............................. 173
Chapter Seventeen
Transmission of the Final Memorandum and the Timing of Its
Delivery ...................................................... 177
Chapter Eighteen
The Mystery of the Delayed Telegrams .......................... 193
Chapter Nineteen
The Embassy Blamed for Delaying the Final Memorandum .......... 204
Chapter Twenty
President Roosevelt's Personal Message to the Japanese
Emperor ....................................................... 218
Chapter Twenty-one
The Military Delays Transmission of the Final Memorandum ...... 229
Chapter Twenty-two
The Strengths and Weaknesses of Roosevelt's Personal
Diplomacy ..................................................... 237
Part V The Maze of Responsibility ........................... 243
Chapter Twenty-three
Responsibility for the Delay of Final Notification to
the United States ............................................. 245
Chapter Twenty-four
The Complex Question of War Responsibility .................... 265
Chapter Twenty-five
The End of a Myth? ............................................ 269
Appendix ...................................................... 273
Chronology .................................................... 277
Notes ......................................................... 293
Bibliography .................................................. 319
Index ......................................................... 331
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