Australia: A New History of the Great Southern LandAustralia: A New History of the Great Southern Land is a major new account that places Australia's history fully within a global context, drawing on sources from the United States, Britain, South Africa, and Canada, as well as within Australia itself. In a compelling narrative, acclaimed historian Frank Welsh traces the history of the land from scattered convict settlements to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and on to today's thriving independent nation, exposing many national myths in the process. This book also explores the dark side of Australia's history: the long-continued "White Australia" policy, which bedeviled foreign policy for more than a century; the still-tortured official relationship with the Aboriginal peoples; the subordination of women; and the flaws in the constitution. Also examined is Australia's uneasy relationship with its Asian neighbors, and its isolation from Britain and the United States, its traditional allies. Original, provocative, and witty, Australia is the most comprehensive single-volume history of Australia yet published. It makes a strong claim to becoming the standard work on this fascinating and often misunderstood country. Book jacket. |
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... Vietnam . Yet such diplomats as David Anderson , ambassador to South Vietnam , produced accurate assessments which were ignored at ministerial level . Sir Garfield Barwick , Minister for External Affairs between December 1961 and April ...
... Vietnam . Yet such diplomats as David Anderson , ambassador to South Vietnam , produced accurate assessments which were ignored at ministerial level . Sir Garfield Barwick , Minister for External Affairs between December 1961 and April ...
Page 478
... Vietnam , and would not have been entirely displeased to see what would be interpreted as an American climb - down , was equally quite correct in striving for a diplomatic solution ; but Lyndon Johnson , who after Kennedy's ...
... Vietnam , and would not have been entirely displeased to see what would be interpreted as an American climb - down , was equally quite correct in striving for a diplomatic solution ; but Lyndon Johnson , who after Kennedy's ...
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... Vietnam : ' On several occasions I found that Whitlam did not read the material essential for his foreign affairs brief . He particularly feared any course of action which might strengthen the position of his ALP rival . Had Cairns not ...
... Vietnam : ' On several occasions I found that Whitlam did not read the material essential for his foreign affairs brief . He particularly feared any course of action which might strengthen the position of his ALP rival . Had Cairns not ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xl |
The Land and the People 13 | xl |
Copyright | |
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