A Nation at War: Australian Politics, Society and Diplomacy During the Vietnam War 1965-1975"A Nation At War tells the story of Australia during this tumultuous decade. It shows how the initial support for the Vietnam commitment was eroded until a majority of the population came to think that it was mistaken, if not immoral. The book traces the growth of the protest movement against the War and conscription, giving the most detailed account yet published of the three Moratorium protests in which tens of thousands of Australians demonstrated. A Nation At War discusses the decisions of the Menzies, Holt, Gorton, McMahon and Whitlam Governments, as they responded to these unprecedented protests while wrestling with diplomatic pressures emanating from powerful allies and strife-torn neighbours. The book also analyses the incidents which shaped the debate and which long remained in public memory - the alleged 'water torture' incident, the episodes involving conscientious objectors like Simon Townsend and William White, and many more."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Crises in Southeast Asia debate in Australia | 52 |
ALP and Liberal Party advertisements for the 1966 general | 138 |
Escalation amid uncertainty 1967 | 139 |
The rise of dissent and protest 1967 | 157 |
A new environment a lost opportunity 196869 | 177 |
A new Prime Minister in a world of revolutions 196869 | 190 |
Doubt dissent defiance and destruction 196869 | 206 |
Towards withdrawal and the first Moratorium | 236 |
The first and second Moratoriums MaySeptember 1970 | 267 |
Hannaford on Menziess comment that Australia was at war | 55 |
King on the questionnaire issued to Australian soldiers | 69 |
Conscription and the commitment of a task force | 76 |
Save Our Sons demonstration in Canberra 1965 | 81 |
Anticonscription demonstration outside Holts Melbourne home | 97 |
the Government and its allies | 99 |
Participants in the June 1966 SEATO meeting in Canberra | 111 |
controversy the Opposition | 119 |
Graffiti on the Adelaide Cross of Remembrance after Errol | 125 |
The third Moratorium and withdrawal from Vietnam | 292 |
The Whitlam Government and the end of | 318 |
Epilogue and conclusions | 340 |
The national service scheme 196472 | 355 |
Major Australian Government officebearers 196575 | 381 |
Endnotes | 387 |
Bibliography Christopher Waters | 432 |
Index | 443 |
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Сторінка 30 - The takeover of South Vietnam would be a direct military threat to Australia and all the countries of South and South-East Asia. It must be seen as part of a thrust by Communist China between the Indian and Pacific Oceans. This was
Сторінка 114 - And so, sir, in the lonelier and perhaps even more disheartening moments which come to any national leader, I hope there will be a corner of your heart and mind which takes cheer from the fact that you have an admiring friend, a staunch friend that will be all the way with LBJ.
Сторінка 112 - Australia, the Republic of China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Thailand and the Republic of Vietnam. The
Сторінка 189 - other nations must recognize that the role of the United States as world policeman is likely to be limited in the future'.
Сторінка 30 - in receipt of a request from the Government of South Vietnam for further military assistance'.
Сторінка 35 - is a civil war, aided and abetted by the North Vietnamese Government, but neither created nor principally maintained by it'.
Сторінка 297 - a dangerous reluctance to consult Cabinet, and an obstinate determination to get his own way'. He
Сторінка 413 - Asia After Viet Nam', Foreign Affairs, vol. 46, no. 1, October 1967, pp. 111—25;
Сторінка 108 - Sibnarayan Ray, head of the Department of Indian Studies at the University of Melbourne.
Сторінка 390 - Australian Foreign Policy in Action', in Gordon Greenwood and Norman Harper (eds), Australia in
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Бібліографічна інформація
| Назва | A Nation at War: Australian Politics, Society and Diplomacy During the Vietnam War 1965-1975 Australian Cultural Studies Том 6 з серії Official History of Aust Se Co Series Том 6 з серії Official history of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asian conflicts, 1948-1975 |
| Автори | P. G. Edwards, Phillip Glen Edwards |
| Видання | ілюстроване |
| Видавець | Allen & Unwin, 1997 |
| ISBN | 1864482826, 9781864482829 |
| Обсяг | 460 стор. |
| Експортувати бібліографічний опис | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |