Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents and Contributors
- Maps
- Part One The Australian Community
- Part Two The International Community
- Part Three The Pacific and Asia
- 9 Australian Strategic and Defence Policies
- 10 Australia and the United States
- 11 Australia and the Great Powers in Asia
- 12 Australia and Indonesia, 1961–1970
- 13 Papua New Guinea
- 14 Australia and the Indian Ocean Area
- Part Four The Seventies: Australia’s Options
- Index
- Plates
9 - Australian Strategic and Defence Policies
from Part Three - The Pacific and Asia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 March 2024
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents and Contributors
- Maps
- Part One The Australian Community
- Part Two The International Community
- Part Three The Pacific and Asia
- 9 Australian Strategic and Defence Policies
- 10 Australia and the United States
- 11 Australia and the Great Powers in Asia
- 12 Australia and Indonesia, 1961–1970
- 13 Papua New Guinea
- 14 Australia and the Indian Ocean Area
- Part Four The Seventies: Australia’s Options
- Index
- Plates
Summary
In retrospect, the dominant feature of the period 1966–70 was the virtual withdrawal of one of Australia’s great-power protectors, Britain, coupled with the new uncertainty over the long-term role of the other, the United States. By 1970 it was accepted that Australia faced a novel strategic situation, though there was no agreement on the appropriate response, nor had the debate on the implications of the new situation been very searching.
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- Australia in World Affairs 1966–1970 , pp. 233 - 269Publisher: Cambridge University PressFirst published in: 2024