LEADER 03137nam 22006733 450 001 9910508501203321 005 20240419000841.0 010 $a9781760464691 010 $a1760464694 035 $a(CKB)5590000000630203 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6829397 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6829397 035 $a(OCoLC)1281751958 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/74460 035 $a(Perlego)3055761 035 $a(oapen)doab74460 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000630203 100 $a20220207d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Genesis of a Policy $eDefining and Defending Australia's National Interest in the Asia-Pacific, 1921-57 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCanberra$cANU Press$d2021 210 1$aCanberra :$cANU Press,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (260 pages) 311 08$a9781760464684 311 08$a1760464686 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 $aThe 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. 517 $aGenesis of a Policy 606 $aAustralasian & Pacific history$2bicssc 606 $a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000$2bicssc 606 $aInternational relations$2bicssc 607 $aAustralia$xForeign relations$zAsia 607 $aAustralia$xForeign relations$zPacific Area 607 $aAustralia$xForeign relations$y1900-1945 607 $aAsia$xForeign relations$zAustralia 607 $aPacific Area$xForeign relations$zAustralia 610 $aforeign policy 610 $ahistory 610 $aNational Interest 610 $aAsia Pacific 610 $aAustralia 615 7$aAustralasian & Pacific history 615 7$a20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 615 7$aInternational relations 676 $a327.94 700 $aCuffe$b Honae$01076282 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910508501203321 996 $aThe Genesis of a Policy$92586675 997 $aUNINA