Facing Asia: A History of the Colombo Plan
Daniel Oakman
‘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 embarked on its most
ambitious attempt to engage with Asia: the Colombo Plan. This book examines the
public and private agendas behind Australia’s foreign aid diplomacy and reveals
the strategic, political and cultural aims that drove the Colombo Plan. It
examines the legacy of WWII, how foreign aid was seen as crucial to achieving
regional security, how the plan was sold to Australian and Asian audiences, and
the changing nature of Australia’s relationship with Britain and the United
States. Above all this is the question of how Australia sought to project itself
into the region, and how Asia was introduced into the Australian consciousness.
In answering these questions, this book tells the story of how an insular
society, deeply scarred by the turbulence of war, chose to face its regional
future.
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Author(s)
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Daniel Oakman
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Place of
Publication
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Australia
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Publisher
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ANU Press
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Publication
year
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2010
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Total
pages
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331
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Language
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English
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