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The Genesis of a Policy
First Page
Preliminary pages
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
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