Australia's northern shield? : Papua New Guinea and the defence of Australia since 1880 /

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Author / Creator:Hunt, Bruce, author.
Imprint:Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2017]
Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 374 pages)
Language:English
Series:Investigating power
Investigating power series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11705375
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ISBN:9781925495416
1925495418
9781925495409
192549540X
1925495426
9781925495423
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other form:Print version: Hunt, Bruce. Australia's northern shield? Clayton, Victoria : Monash University Publishing, [2017] 9781925495409
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This book is the first to draw extensively on the recently released highly classified notes of the cabinet room discussions of successive Australian Governments from 1950 to the mid-1970s and details the changing attitude of the nation's leaders towards the place of Papua New Guinea in Australia's defence and security outlook. The Cabinet Notebooks provide an uncensored and unprecedented insight into the opinion of Australia's leaders towards Indonesia under Sukarno, Southeast Asia and Indo China in general, the changing nature of relations with Britain and the United States and, finally, towards Papua New Guinea. The cabinet room discussions reveal attitudes towards Asia and Australia's place in the region more nuanced, varied and sensitive than previously known. They also illustrate the dominant influence of Prime Minister Robert Menzies and Deputy Prime Minister John McEwen in shaping Australia's response to the critical events of this time.

Australia's Northern Shield? shows how, since colonial times, Australia has assessed the importance of Papua New Guinea by examining the ambitions of and threats from external sources, principally Imperial Germany, Japan, and Indonesia. It examines the significant change in Australia's attitude as this region approached independence in 1975, amid concerns as to the new nation's future stability and unity. The terms of Australia's longterm defence undertaking are examined in detail and an examination is offered also of the most recent attempts to define the strategic importance of Papua New Guinea to Australia.

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Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 374 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781925495416
1925495418
9781925495409
192549540X
1925495426
9781925495423