Dangerous Allies

by Malcolm Fraser and Cain Roberts

Book Overview

We need the US for defence, but we only need defence because of the US Australia has always been reliant on 'great and powerful friends' for its sense of national security and for direction on its foreign policy-first on the British Empire and now on the United States. Australia has actively pursued a policy of strategic dependence, believing that making a grand bargain with a powerful ally was the best policy to ensure its security and prosperity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522876455
• ISBN13: 9780522876451
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"