Dependent ally

the long version

"The previous edition of this distinguished and highly readable analysis of Australia's central diplomatic relationships has been updated to cover the whole period to and beyond Keating's election victory of 1993. The final chapters discuss the emergence of republicanism and the re-orientation of Australia's foreign policy towards Asian regionalism. Earlier chapters take the analysis from the beginning through the trauma of 1941-42, the 'turn to America', and involvement in the Korean and Vietnam wars, to the end of the Cold War and the redefinition of international issues and relationships in the early nineties."--BOOK JACKET.