原書：1967年・雪華社New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2013. This book is the translation of a classic study of the rough and tumble of Japanese politics and conservative party factions in the first two decades of postwar Japan. The original book, published in 1967, was written by the pre-eminent political writer at the time, Watanabe Tsuneo, who later became the controversial owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun.