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100 1 Cuffe, Honae.
245 14 The genesis of a policy :|bdefining and defending
Australia's national interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57
/|cHonae Cuffe.
246 30 Defining and defending Australia's national interest in
the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57
264 1 Canberra, ACT, Australia :|bAustralian National University
Press,|c2021.
264 4 |c©2021
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504 Includes bibliographical references.
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520 1 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.
542 |nUnless stated otherwise, the author retains copyright to
their work while ANU Press retains exclusive worldwide
rights for the distribution of the book. From 2018, the
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648 7 1900-1945|2fast
650 7 Diplomatic relations.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01907412
651 0 Australia|xForeign relations|zAsia.
651 0 Australia|xForeign relations|zPacific Area.
651 0 Australia|xForeign relations|y1900-1945.
651 0 Asia|xForeign relations|zAustralia.
651 0 Pacific Area|xForeign relations|zAustralia.
651 7 Asia.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01240495
651 7 Australia.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204543
651 7 Pacific Area.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01243504
655 0 Electronic books.
710 2 Australian National University Press.
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