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Facing Asia. A History of the Colombo Plan.
OAKMAN, DANIEL. Stock ID: 77147 One full-page black and white photographic illustration, 323pp, bibliography, index, paperback. "This book examines the public and private agendas behind Australia's foreign aid diplomacy and reveals the strategic, political and cultural aims that drove the Colombo Plan. It examines the legacy of WWII, how foreign aid was seen as crucial to achieving regional security, how the plan was sold to Australian and Asian audiences, and the changing nature of Australia's relationship with Britain and the United States. Above all this is the question of how Australia sought to project itself into the region, and how Asia was introduced into the Australian consciousness. In answering these questions, this book tells the story of how an insular society, deeply scarred by the turbulence of war, chose to face its regional future." Publisher's description. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 77147) ... more |
AU$34.96 |
| Crises and Commitments. The Politics and Diplomacy of Australia's Involvement in Southeast Asian Conflicts 1948-1965.
EDWARDS, PETER WITH GREGORY PEMBERTON. Stock ID: 54364 Maps, including endpaper maps, black and white illustrations, xix + 515pp, endnotes, bibliography, index, small stain front free endpaper, otherwise very good in protected dustjcket. This book covers the domestic and international politics of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asia, through the Malayan Emergency (1948-60) and the critical period of the Indonesian-Malaysian Confrontation (1963-66), up to the crucial commitment of the first battalion of Australian combat troops to the Vietnam War, announced on 29 April 1965. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 54364) ... more |
AU$75.00 |
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| Communism in Asia. A Threat to Australia?
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF POLITICAL SCIENCE. Stock ID: 39089 206pp, paperback, covers worn, neat name front free endpaper, otherwise sound and clean. Five papers read at the 33rd Summer School at the A.I.P.S. The Nature of Communist Regimes in Asia - Robert A. Scalapino; The Nature and Appeals of Communism in Non-Communist Asian Countries - Goh Keng Swee; Communist China's Foreign Policy - J.D.B. Miller; Is Asian Communism a Threat to Australia? - Owen Harries and Gregory Clark; Australia's Policy Towards Asia - Zelman Cowen. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 39089) ... more |
AU$20.00 |
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| The Last Bastion.
WILLIAMSON, KRISTIN. Stock ID: 41015 Black and white photographic illustrations, 264pp, index, newspaper cutting of book review, good copy in faded dustjacket. Small quarto. Australia was, as Prime Minister John Curtin put it, the last bastion between the Japanese and the west coast of the USA. This book is the story of a major power struggle, with bitter conflict between Canberra, London and Washington. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 41015) ... more |
AU$25.00 |
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| Australia in the New World Order. Foreign Policy in the 1970s.
MACKIE, J.A.C. (ED.). Stock ID: 44895 vi + 156pp, notes, index, very good copy in dustjacket. Includes an analysis of by J.A.C. Mackie of the dynamics of conflict and stability in East and Southeast Asia in the mid-1970s and the need for a more mature approach towards the area. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 44895) ... more |
AU$27.50 |
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| The Soviet Union as an Asian Pacific Power.
THAKUR, RAMES AND CARLYLE A. THAYER. Stock ID: 62060 236pp, paperback, index, good copy. Includes: Vladivostok and Australian Foreign Policy - Stuart Harris; Afghanistan - Amin Saikal and Kampuchea: Soviet Initiatives and Regional Responses - Carlyle A. Thayer. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 62060) ... more |
AU$30.00 |
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| Somewhere in Asia. War, Journalism and Australia's Neighbours 1941-75.
TORNEY-PARLICKI, PRUE. Stock ID: 77369 Black and white photographic illustrations, xxvi + 305pp, index, bibliography, notes, very good in paperback. In this interesting book the author shows how Australian war journalism was more central in shaping and reflecting Australian perceptions of Asia and the Pacific than has previously been acknowledged. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 77369) ... more |
AU$22.00 |