Dangerous allies / Malcolm Fraser with Cain Roberts.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fraser, Malcolm, author.

Roberts, Cain, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

National security--Australia.

National security.

Dependency.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (262 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Australia has always been reliant on 'great and powerful friends' for its sense of national security and for direction on its foreign policy—first on the British Empire and now on the United States. Australia has actively pursued a policy of strategic dependence, believing that making a grand bargain with a powerful ally was the best policy to ensure its security and prosperity. Dangerous Allies examines Australia's history of strategic dependence and questions the continuation of this position. It argues that international circumstances, in the world and in the Western Pacific especially, now make such a policy highly questionable. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States has also changed dramatically, making it less relevant to Australia and a less appropriate ally on which Australia should rely. Malcolm Fraser argues that Australia should adopt a much greater degree of independence in foreign policy, and that we should no longer merely follow other nations into wars of no direct interest to Australia or Australia's security. He argues for an end to strategic dependence and for the timely establishment of a truly independent Australia.

Contents:

Intro

Title

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Loyal to the Crown, dependent on Empire

1 Colonial foundations of strategic dependence

2 Strategic dependence consolidated

3 Hanging on too long

Part II: All the way with the USA

4 Securing post-war Australia

5 Dr H.V. Evatt

6 Strategic dependence through the Cold War prism

7 The cost of strategic dependence

8 The 'grand bargain' out of time

Part III: A time to end strategic dependence

9 The new unipolar world

10 In God we trust

11 The changing Asia-Pacific

12 Missed opportunities

Conclusion

Postscript

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780522867893

0522867898

OCLC:

1088334496