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Ministers, Mandarins And Diplomats Australian Foreign Policy Making 1941–1969

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Full Title

Ministers, Mandarins And Diplomats Australian Foreign Policy Making 1941–1969

Author(s)

Joan Beaumont, Christopher Waters, David Lowe

Edition
ISBN

9780522863666, 9780522850475

Publisher

Melbourne University Publishing

Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

In the three decades from the beginning of World War II Australia emerged on the world stage as an independent actor in foreign affairs. The key institution overseeing the development of Australia’s international status and foreign policy during that period was the Department of External Affairs. This stimulating collection of essays explores the history of this government department as it grew from being a small amateur bureaucratic player to become a professional global network. This book sheds new light on the major figures in Australian international history, H. V. ‘Doc’ Evatt, Percy Spender, Richard Casey, Garfield Barwick and Paul Hasluck—and their relationships with their senior bureaucratic advisers. The experiences of Australian diplomats, as they joined the Department of External Affairs as junior recruits and worked overseas, are also examined. Ministers, Mandarins and Diplomats tells the story of the people, the events and the ideas that shaped Australian foreign policy and gave Australia its identity in the eyes of the rest of the world.