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dc.contributor.authorOakman, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-09 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:55:27Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:55:27Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier459231
dc.identifierOCN: 670399803en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33755
dc.description.abstract‘No nation can escape its geography’, warned Percy Spender, Australia’s Minister for External Affairs, in 1950. With the immediate turmoil of World War II over, communism and decolonisation had ended any possibility that Asia could continue to be ignored by Australia. In the early 1950s, Australia embarked on its most ambitious attempt to engage with Asia: the Colombo Plan. This book examines the public and private agendas behind Australia’s foreign aid diplomacy and reveals the strategic, political and cultural aims that drove the Colombo Plan. It examines the legacy of WWII, how foreign aid was seen as crucial to achieving regional security, how the plan was sold to Australian and Asian audiences, and the changing nature of Australia’s relationship with Britain and the United States. Above all this is the question of how Australia sought to project itself into the region, and how Asia was introduced into the Australian consciousness. In answering these questions, this book tells the story of how an insular society, deeply scarred by the turbulence of war, chose to face its regional future.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH Historyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.othersocial aspects
dc.subject.otherhistory
dc.subject.othersoutheast asia
dc.subject.othereconomic assistence
dc.subject.otherpolitical aspects
dc.subject.otherAustralia
dc.subject.otherColombo Plan
dc.subject.otherDrug Enforcement Administration
dc.subject.otherJapan
dc.subject.otherRace and ethnicity in the United States Census
dc.titleFacing Asia: A History of the Colombo Plan
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_459231
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.pages323
oapen.place.publicationCanberra
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Asia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia; Australia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia; Colombo Plan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colombo_Plan; Drug Enforcement Administration - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration; Japan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan; Race and ethnicity in the United States Census - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_Census
oapen.identifier.ocn670399803


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