Australian Diplomacy in the Second World War

Australian Diplomacy in the Second World War PDF Author: Dennis Woodward
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Australian Diplomacy in the Second World War

Australian Diplomacy in the Second World War PDF Author: Dennis Woodward
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Australian Diplomacy and Japan, 1945-1951

Australian Diplomacy and Japan, 1945-1951 PDF Author: Richard N Rosecrance
Publisher: Hassell Street Press
ISBN: 9781015040168
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Breaking Japanese Diplomatic Codes

Breaking Japanese Diplomatic Codes PDF Author: Desmond Ball
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1925021084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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During the Second World War, Australia maintained a super-secret organisation, the Diplomatic (or `D’) Special Section, dedicated to breaking Japanese diplomatic codes. The Section has remained officially secret as successive Australian Governments have consistently refused to admit that Australia ever intercepted diplomatic communications, even in war-time. This book recounts the history of the Special Section and describes its code-breaking activities. It was a small but very select organisation, whose `technical’ members came from the worlds of Classics and Mathematics. It concentrated on lower-grade Japanese diplomatic codes and cyphers, such as J-19 (FUJI), LA and GEAM. However, towards the end of the war it also worked on some Soviet messages, evidently contributing to the effort to track down intelligence leakages from Australia to the Soviet Union.

Australian Diplomacy and Defence 1939-1942

Australian Diplomacy and Defence 1939-1942 PDF Author: Francis Garner
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 1084

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This thesis considers Australian diplomatic representation in the pre-war period and in the early years of the Second World War. It puts the case that Australia\U+2019\s attempts to first avert war in the Pacific and then to contain Japan\U+2019\s southward advances were given indifferent support by some Australian diplomatic representatives, including Casey, Page and Bruce, whose Imperial loyalty prevented the recognition of divergent national interests within the British Commonwealth. The expression of the Australian perspective by Menzies, Curtin, Evatt and Eggleston is explored as providing a balance to the uncritical acceptance of Imperial priorities decided in London on the basis of Churchill\U+2019\s eurocentric vision of Imperial responsibility.

Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia

Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia PDF Author: David Walton
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ISBN: 9781614708117
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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"Japan has loomed large in post-war Australian foreign and economic policies. At the regional level, the relationship with Japan has become since the 1960s Australia[MARC]80][MARC]99]as longest, arguably most important and trouble-free bilateral relationship. The rapid improvement in bilateral relations by 1965, especially given the level of general hostility and suspicion towards Japan in Australia that had existed immediately after the Pacific War, represented a remarkable shift in policy thinking in Canberra. Yet surprisingly little has been written about the political dimension of the relationship and in particular, the level of dialogue between Australia and Japan from 1952 to 1965 on regional matters. This book examines the relationship between Australia, Japan and Southeast Asia in relation to early post-war initiatives in regional diplomacy."--Publisher's description.

Australia and Appeasement

Australia and Appeasement PDF Author: Christopher Waters
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0857720678
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321

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On 3 September 1939, Robert Menzies, the Australian Prime Minister, broadcast to the Australian people the news that their country was at war with Germany. He outlined how every effort had been made to maintain the peace by keeping the door open to a negotiated settlement. However, as these efforts had failed, the British Empire was now 'involved in a struggle which we must at all costs win, and which we believe in our hearts we will win'. Christopher Waters here examines Australia's role in Britain's policy of appeasement from the time Hitler came to power in 1933 through to the declaration of war in September 1939. Focusing on the five leading figures in the Australian governments of the 1930s - Joe Lyons, Stanley Bruce, Robert Menzies, Billy Hughes and Richard Casey - Waters examines their responses to the rise of Hitler and the growing threat of fascism in Europe. Australian governments accepted the principle that the Empire must speak with one voice on foreign policy and were therefore intimately involved in the decisions taken by successive governments in London. As such, this book provides new insights into the making of imperial foreign policy in the inter-war era, imperial history, the origins of World War II and Australian history.

Australia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939–1947

Australia's Forgotten Soldiers in the Empire, 1939–1947 PDF Author: Lee Rippon
Publisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3031638069
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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Facing Asia

Facing Asia PDF Author: Daniel Oakman
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921666935
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 331

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'No nation can escape its geography', warned Percy Spender, Australia's Minister for External Affairs, in 1950. With the immediate turmoil of World War II over, communism and decolonisation had ended any possibility that Asia could continue to be ignored by Australia. In the early 1950s, Australia embarked on its most ambitious attempt to engage with Asia: the Colombo Plan. 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.

Menzies and the 'great World Struggle'

Menzies and the 'great World Struggle' PDF Author: David Lowe
Publisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 9780868405537
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Lowe (history, Deakin U.) finds prime minister Robert Menzies to be the towering figure of the age as he explores the Cold War from Australia's perspective. He pivots on the three themes of the threat of a third world war and the imperatives of Australia's rapid economic development.

ANZUS and the Early Cold War

ANZUS and the Early Cold War PDF Author: Andrew Kelly
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ISBN: 9781783744954
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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"The ANZUS Alliance was a defence arrangement between Australia, New Zealand and the United States that shaped international policy in the aftermath of the Second World War and the early stages of the Cold War. Forged by influential individuals and impacting on global events including the Japanese Peace Treaty, the Korean War and the Suez Crisis, the ANZUS Alliance was a crucial factor in the seismic changes that took place in the second half of the twentieth century. In this compact and accessible study, Andrew Kelly lays out the tensions that underpinned the formation of the Alliance, as each power sought to extract maximum influence and prestige. He examines how the ANZUS powers worked together (or failed to do so) when responding to massive global events including the rise of the People's Republic of China and the waning of the British Empire. Kelly comprehensively explores the reasons why Australia and New Zealand disagreed so regularly about mutual security issues, how US global leadership shaped ANZUS, and the British impact on the trilateral relationship, and outlines how these issues set the foundations for today's world order. ANZUS and the Early Cold War is essential reading for historians of Australian, New Zealand and American international relations in the twentieth century. Its concise format and readable style will also appeal to general readers interested in the history and foreign policies of these nations, and to anyone who wants to know more about the individual and geopolitical tensions that beset any major alliance."--Publisher's website.