Ministers, mandarins and diplomats : Australian foreign policy making, 1941-1969
Beaumont, Joan, Waters, Christopher, Lowe, David and Woodard, Garry 2003, Ministers, mandarins and diplomats : Australian foreign policy making, 1941-1969 Melbourne University Publishing, Carlton, Vic..
Title
Ministers, mandarins and diplomats : Australian foreign policy making, 1941-1969
This volume explores key aspects of the development of the Australian Department of External Affairs in the three decades from 1941 to 1969 as it evolved from a small amateur department to a highly professional global operation.
Notes
Contents: 1 Making Australian foreign policy, 1941-69 / Joan Beaumont -- 2 Creating an elite? : the Diplomatic Cadet Scheme, 1943-56 / Joan Beaumont -- 3 The great debates : H V Evatt and the Department of External Affairs, 1941-49 / Christopher Waters -- 4 Percy Spender, Minister and Ambassador / David Lowe -- 5 Cold War liberals : Richard Casey and the Department of External Affairs, 1951-60 / Christopher Waters -- 6 A radical Tory: Sir Garfield Barwick, 1961-64 / Garry Woodard -- 7 Paul Hasluck : the diplomat as Minsiter / Joan Beaumont -- 8 The champagne trail? : Australian diplomats and the overseas mission / Joan Beaumont.
ISBN
0522850472 9780522850475
Language
eng
Field of Research
210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)