Korea and the Evolution of the American Australian Relationship, 19475 - Aligning Interests

Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947-53, in the evolution of the relationship between the two nations in the formative years of the Cold War.

List of contents

Introduction
PART I: From Tension to Co-operation: 1947-49
1. Different Objectives, Converging Interests: The Origins of the US-Australian Korean Engagement
2. A Clash of Policies and Personalities: S.H. Jackson, the US and the 1948 South Korean Election
3. Opposition, Convergence and Collaboration: US and Australian Korean Policy, 1948-49
PART II: Formalising the American-Australian Alliance: 1950-51
4. Korea 1950: America's Search for Allies and Australia's Pursuit of a Security Relationship with the US
5. Architect of ANZUS: John Foster Dulles and the American Origins and Making of the Treaty
PART III: Diplomatic Partners: 1952-53
6. America's Australian Diplomat: James Plimsoll and the 1952 South Korean Political Crisis
7. The Ambassador and the Americans: Percy Spender's Public and Private Diplomacy on China and Voluntary Repatriation of Korean War POWs
Conclusion
Coda

About the author

Daniel Fazio is a Lecturer in History and Politics at the University of South Australia.

Summary

Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947-53, in the evolution of the relationship between the two nations in the formative years of the Cold War.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Fazio, Daniel (University of South Australia Fazio
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032443249
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3244324-9
• No. of pages: 286
• Series: The Cold War in Asia
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Diplomacy, Modern warfare, History and Archaeology, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Specific wars and campaigns, The Cold War, 1950–1953 (Korean War period), Korean War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / Korean War