2. Public Attitudes, Opinion, and the Conditions for Policy Influence

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustration xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. A note on Japanese Transliteration and Names xviii
7. 1. Introduction 1
8. 2. Public Attitudes, Opinion, and the Conditions for Policy Influence 9
9. 3. Views on the Utility of Military Force and America’s Use of Force 30
10. 4. Reassessing Public Opinion during the Cold War 49
11. 5. The First Gulf War 68
12. 6. International Peacekeeping and the U.S. Alliance in the 1990s 82
13. 7. Japanese Public Opinion and Responses to 9/11 and the Afghan Invasion 110
14. 8. The Iraq War and the SDF 125
15. 9. Reversing Course: An Iraq Syndrome in Japan 146
16. 10. Conclusions 171
17. Notes 193
18. Index 237