Australia goes to Washington : 75 years of Australian representation in the United States, 1940-2015 / David Lowe (editor) ; Carl Bridge (editor) ; David Lee (editor).

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. Rangin...

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Other Authors:	Lowe, David, 1964- (Editor), Bridge, Carl (Editor), Lee, David, 1965- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Acton, A.C.T. : ANU Press, 2016.
Subjects:	Diplomatic and consular service, Australian > United States. Ambassadors > Australia > History. Diplomacy > History. Australasia, Oceania and other land areas. Australasia. Australia. International relations. North America. Politics and government. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. The Americas. USA. HISTORY > Australia & New Zealand. Ambassadors Diplomacy Diplomatic and consular service, Australian Diplomatic relations Australia > Foreign relations > United States. United States > Foreign relations > Australia. Australia United States History. History
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Table of Contents:

The Australian embassy in Washington / David Lowe, David Lee, 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.

Australia goes to Washington : 75 years of Australian representation in the United States, 1940-2015 / David Lowe (editor) ; Carl Bridge (editor) ; David Lee (editor).

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