Rethinking the region : Australia and Britain's withdrawal from Southeast Asia, 1965-1971
thesis
posted on 2004-01-01, 00:00authored byDaniel. House
This thesis explores the shift in focus of Australian regional defence and foreign policy away from Malaysia and towards Indonesia between 1965 and 1971. It finds that this shift was caused more by the consequences of Britain's military withdrawal from Malaysia and Singapore than by Suharto's accession to power.