Australia goes to Washington : 75 years of Australian representation in the United States, 1940-2015 / edited by David Lowe, David Lee and Carl Bridge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lowe, David., Editor.

Contributor:

Lowe, David, editor.

Lee, David, editor.

Bridge, Carl, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diplomacy--History.

Diplomacy.

Ambassadors--Australia--History.

Ambassadors.

Diplomatic and consular service, Australian--United States.

Diplomatic and consular service, Australian.

Australia--Foreign relations--United States.

Australia.

United States--Foreign relations--Australia.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (318 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

ANU Press 2016

Acton, Australia : Australian National University Press, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since 1940, when an Australian legation was established in Washington DC, Australian governments have expected much from their representatives in the American capital. This book brings together expert analyses of those who have served as heads of mission and of the challenges they have faced. Ranging beyond conventional studies of the Australian–United States relationship, it provides insights into the dynamics between Australian and US policymakers and into the culture of one of Australia’s oldest and most important overseas missions. It provides an appreciation of the importance of the embassy and the head of mission in Washington in mediating the relationship between Australia and the United States and of their role in managing expectations in Canberra and Washington. Australia Goes to Washington also sheds new light on personal trials and achievements at the coalface of Australian–United States relations.

Contents:

The Australian embassy in Washington / David Lowe, David Lee and Carl Bridge

Allies of a kind: three wartime Australian ministers to the United States, 1940-1946 / Carl Bridge

Norman Makin and postwar diplomacy, 1945-51 / Frank Bongiorno

Percy Spender and Club America in the 1950s / David Lowe

"Mr Necessity": Sir Howard Beale, 1958-64 / Matthew Jordan

Official influence in the making of foreign policy: the Washington Study Group on the South Pacific, 1962 / Christopher Waters

The ambassador during the Vietnam War: Keith Waller, 1964-70 / Peter Edwards

"A precious vase": Sir James Plimsoll / Jeremy Hearder

The career diplomats: Sir Patrick Shaw, Alan Renouf and Sir Nicholas Parkinson, 1974-82 / David Lee

Australlia's ambassadors in Washington, 1982-89 / David Lee

Diplomacy in the 1990s: issues for the Washington embassy / James Cotton

Reflections: from 1940 to the post-9/11 world / Kim Beazley.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 2, 2017).

ISBN:

9781760460792

1760460796

OCLC:

959610732

Publisher Number:

10.22459/AGTW.12.2016