03137nam 22006733 450 991050850120332120240419000841.097817604646911760464694(CKB)5590000000630203(MiAaPQ)EBC6829397(Au-PeEL)EBL6829397(OCoLC)1281751958(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74460(Perlego)3055761(oapen)doab74460(EXLCZ)99559000000063020320220207d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Genesis of a Policy Defining and Defending Australia's National Interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-571st ed.CanberraANU Press2021Canberra :ANU Press,2021.©2021.1 online resource (260 pages)9781760464684 1760464686 Intro -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: A unique strategic position -- Part 1 -- 1. The interwar setting and Australia's strategic outlook, 1921-31 -- 2. Increasing assertiveness in foreign and economic affairs, 1931-35 -- 3. Expectations of the empire connection and the Trade Diversion Policy, 1936-37 -- Part 2 -- 4. 'A chronic lack of self‑reliance'? Australia's response to the coming Pacific War, 1937-41 -- 5. 'An undoubted right to speak': Projecting Australia's influence in the postwar Asia-Pacific, 1942-45 -- Part 3 -- 6. The new order: Australia's perspective on Commonwealth engagement with South-East Asia and the South Pacific, 1946-50 -- 7. A confluence of interests: Australia realigns with the US, 1951-57 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Blank Page.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.Genesis of a PolicyAustralasian & Pacific historybicssc20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000bicsscInternational relationsbicsscAustraliaForeign relationsAsiaAustraliaForeign relationsPacific AreaAustraliaForeign relations1900-1945AsiaForeign relationsAustraliaPacific AreaForeign relationsAustraliaforeign policyhistoryNational InterestAsia PacificAustraliaAustralasian & Pacific history20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000International relations327.94Cuffe Honae1076282MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910508501203321The Genesis of a Policy2586675UNINA