Koizumi diplomacy : Japan's kantei approach to foreign and defense affairs /
Tomohito Shinoda.
- Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2007.
- xvii, 197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-[190]) and index.
The roots of kantei diplomacy -- A traumatic experience: from the Gulf Crisis to the International Peace Cooperation Legislation -- The rise of the kantei -- Koizumi's response to terrorism: the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Legislation -- Preparing for a national contingency: the 2003 Emergency Legislation -- Dispatching the SDF to reconstruct Iraq: the 2003 Iraq Special Measures Legislation -- Evaluating kantei diplomacy.