Facing Asia: A History of the Colombo Plan

‘No nation can escape its geography’, warned Percy Spender, Australia’s Minister for External Affairs, in 1950. With the immediate turmoil of World War II over, communism and decolonisation had ended any possibility that Asia could continue to be ignored by Australia. In the early 1950s, Australia e...

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Main Author:	Oakman, Daniel (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	ANU Press 2010
Subjects:	social aspects history southeast asia economic assistence political aspects Australia Colombo Plan Drug Enforcement Administration Japan Race and ethnicity in the United States Census thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology
Online Access:	Open access – download the full text (archived at NCDS Library)
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