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 195...

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Main Author: Oakman, Daniel (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Canberra ANU Press 2010
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