Fear of Security: Australia's Invasion Anxiety

by Anthony Burke

Rarely has security been such a preoccupation of Australian politics, and rarely has it seemed so far from being achieved. This celebrated book argues that security has dominated and distorted Australia's foreign policy and national life, from Cook's first voyage to the Tampa crisis, 9/11 and Iraq. Whether in the Great War, Vietnam or the treatment of asylum seekers, Anthony Burke shows that Australia's security has been bought with the insecurity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521714273
• ISBN13: 9780521714273
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.3"