Facing Asia: A History of the Colombo Plan

by 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1921666927
• ISBN13: 9781921666926
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.7"