Randall Doyle

The Tragedy of Australian Foreign Policy (eBook, PDF)

Voices of Dissent and Visions of Independence in the 21st Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The Evolution of Australian Foreign Policy is a book that presents a modern-day argument concerning Australia's external affairs policies in the 21st century. The book makes the case that it is time for Australia to move on from its historic British colonial roots and its subsequent subservient roles within the empires of Great Britain and the United States since Federation in 1901. The ongoing military debacle and strategic disaster of the U.S.-led Iraq War has triggered a movement within Australia's intellectual and political communities to rethink Australian foreign policy. An impressive group of dissenters began to question Australia's blind obedience to the post-World War II American empire. And, since the extraordinary publication of The Palace Letters, in 2020, the charm and distinction of being a part of the British Commonwealth has begun to lose its glory and uniqueness for a growing number of Australians. In truth, Australia is a nation in transition. It is becoming an independent Republic. A nation of Australians. Led by an Australian president elected by Australians. The nation of Australia has come of age. No more masters of any kind to rule over it. Australia has finally become the master of its own destiny and fate in the 21st century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Januar 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978786783
• Artikelnr.: 74399085

Autorenporträt

Randall Doyle is professor in the History department at Central Michigan University.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: Australia in the 21st Century: Voices of Dissent and Visions of
Independence
Chapter 1: The Reckoning - Australia's Unfinished Journey Toward
Independence
Chapter 2: Herbert Vere Evatt and Gough Whitlam - Visions of an Independent
Australia
Chapter 3: Professor Hugh White's Journey to Create an Independent
Australia
Section II: Voices of Dissent and the Status Quo - The Battle for the Soul
of Australia
Chapter 4: Dispatches and Observations - Australia, America, China, and the
Indo-Pacific
Conclusion: Australia Confronts Its Destiny and Fate in the 21st Century