The White Men's Countries - Racial Identity in the United States-Australian Relationship, 1933-1953

The White Men's Countries explores how a shared ideal of race united the American and Australian governments during World War II and the early Cold War periods. This interpretation places cultural and ideological factors alongside the traditional emphasis on pragmatic economic and security considerations in explaining why two nations whose objectives in the Pacific region were often at odds were able to craft one of the most enduring diplomatic relationships of the twentieth century. It examines not only official policies and attitudes but also emphasizes the shared views on race carried by both American and Australian citizens that helped to ameliorate, and at times complicate, the bond between Washington D.C. and Canberra. This work also places greater emphasis on the post-World War II relationship as being the most crucial time in the shaping of the alliance. The White Men's Countries serves to help broaden our understanding of how racial ideology played a powerful role in the transnational relationships formed by the United States and Australia in the mid-twentieth century and how influential ideological factors became an international diplomacy.

List of contents

Acknowledgments - Old Friends and New Strangers - An Acrimonious Time: 1933-1940 - A Two-front War: 1941-1945 - The Commonality of Race - A Reddened Pacific: 1946-1949 - The Pendulum of War: 1950-1953 - The Aftermath of War - Index.

About the author

Travis J. Hardy received his Ph.D. in twentieth-century American history from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He currently serves as History Chair and Provost at Southampton Academy in Courtland, Virginia. His past publications include articles in journals such as Diplomatic History.

Product details

• Authors: Travis Hardy
• Assisted by: Jatinder Mann (Editor), Mann Jatinder (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2020
• EAN: 9781433169366
• ISBN: 978-1-4331-6936-6
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 16 mm x 227 mm
• Weight: 394 g
• Series: Studies in Transnationalism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Mann, 1953, 1933, Relationship, Australia, Simpson, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Identity, Countries, International Relations, Hardy, White, States, Australian, United, racial, Meagan, Jatinder, Travis, Men's