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Review: The years 1921-57 marked a period of immense upheaval for Australia as the nation navigated economic crises, the threat of aggressive Japanese expansion and shifting power distributions with the world transitioning from British leadership to that of the US. This book offers a reassessment of Australia's foreign policy origins and maturation during these tumultuous years. Successive Australian governments carefully observed these global and regional forces. The policy that developed in response was an integrated one--that is, one that sought to balance Australia's particular geopolitical circumstances with great power relationships and, in assessing the value of these relationships, ensure that the nation's trade, security and diplomatic interests were served. Amid the economic and strategic uncertainty of the interwar years, the Australian government acknowledged the shifting power distributions in the global and Asia-Pacific orders and that neither the policies of Britain nor the US completely served the national interest. The nation, accordingly, sought to intervene within the policies of the great powers to ensure its particular interests were secured. This geopolitically informed, interventionist approach, which had its genesis in the 1930s, is traced throughout the 1940s and 1950s, highlighting Australia's gradual and uneven transition from the British world order to that of the US and the frank assessments made about which relationship best served Australia's interests. The Genesis of a Policy identifies a comprehensive and pragmatic approach--albeit not always effectively executed--in Australian foreign policy tradition that has not been previosuly examined.

Author/Creator:

Cuffe, Honae

Contributors:

Australian National University Press

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The genesis of a policy: defining and defending Australia's national interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57 [by Cuffe, H.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: The genesis of a policy : defining and defending Australia's national interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57 (Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, 2021 — ISBN 9781760464684)

Subjects:

Australia — Foreign relations — Asia

Australia — Foreign relations — Pacific Area

Australia — Foreign relations — 1900-1945

Asia — Foreign relations — Australia

Pacific Area — Foreign relations — Australia

1900-1945

Diplomatic relations

Asia

Pacific Area

Australia

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.
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Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file; PDF

Call Numbers:

DU113.5.A78 C844 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781760464691 (electronic bk.)
1760464694 (electronic bk.)
9781760464684 (print) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1281751958