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This chapter examines the responses of Japanese mass opinion to Tokyo’s participation in the American-led “War on Terror.” It focuses on the dispatch of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ships to the Indian Ocean in the fall of 2001, their continued operations there, and the dispatch of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) and Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) to Iraq in 2003–2004. Secondary foci include views of the threat posed by international terrorism and opinions about American foreign policy.
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Midford, P. (2008). Japanese Mass Opinion toward the War on Terrorism. In: Eldridge, R.D., Midford, P. (eds) Japanese Public Opinion and the War on Terrorism. Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230613836_2
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