Secret Memoirs of Count Tadasu Hayashi

An autobiography covering his career, his literary work, involvement with the Chino-Japanese War, the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, the Three Power Intervention of 1895, the negotiations for the conclusion of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, the Franco-Japanese Agreement of 1907, the Russo-Japanese Convention of 1907, the American-Japanese Agreement of 1908, foreign policy (to bribe or not to bribe), and more.