Facing Asia : A History of the Colombo Plan.
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- 9781921666933
- 338.910959
- HC412.O25 2010
Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Road to Colombo -- 3. Building a Bridge to Asia -- 4. The Seed of Freedom -- 5. A Good Shoe-horn for our Interests -- 6. Face to Face with Asia -- 7. A Toothpick to Prop Up a Swaying Skyscraper -- 8. Crossing the Frontier -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
'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.
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