Japan's Foreign Policy Maturation: A Quest for Normalcy Book

	List of Figures
	Accronyms and Terms
	Acknowledgments
1	The Story to be Told and the Puzzle to be Solved	3
	The Catalyst for Change	4
	The Research Question	6
	The Literature	8
	The Research - Elite Interviewing	13
	Objectives and Expected Significance of the Book	18
2	The Story of Japan's "Abnormal" Foreign Policy Under Article Nine	23
	Japanese Foreign and Security Policy 1952-1990	31
	The Gulf War and Japanese Foreign Policy	35
	The Peace Keeping Operations Law (PKO)	37
	Towards a Security Council Seat and Beyond	43
3	Realism and Foreign Policy Restructuring in Japan	57
	Japanese Limitations	58
	Foreign Policy Restructuring	62
	The Research Model	68
	The Research Tool	77
	The Field Research	83
	Overview of the Results of the Field Research	86
4	Japan's Security Options	103
	Japan's National Security	105
	Abandonment	108
	Japan's Options	111
5	How Japan Views Its Place in the World and The "Myth" of Gaiatsu	135
	Adjusting to the Post-Cold War World	136
	Gaiatsu	139
	The "Myth" of Gaiatsu	140
	What is Japan Doing?	145
6	Where Is Japan Going?	159
	Future Sources of Foreign Policy	159
	The SDF in Japanese Foreign Policy	162
	Constitutional Reform	163
	World Leadership	165
	Japan's Limitations	166
	Japanese Hegemony?	166
	Japan's Future	168
	Suggestions for Foreign Policy Normalization	170
	Implications for Hermann's Model: What have we learned?	171
	Pragmatic Realism	172
	Appendices	185
	Bibliography	205
	Index	223