Ministers, Mandarins And Diplomats

Australian Foreign Policy Making 1941–1969

Joan Beaumont, Christopher Waters, David Lowe
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Ministers, Mandarins And Diplomats

Subjects

History

Published

2 March 1999

ISBN

9780522850475

Subjects

History

Imprint

Melbourne University Press

Ministers, Mandarins And Diplomats

Australian Foreign Policy Making 1941–1969

Joan Beaumont, Christopher Waters, David Lowe
The story of the people, the events and the ideas that shaped Australian foreign policy and gave Australia its identity in the eyes of the rest of the world.
In the three decades from the beginning of World War II Australia emerged on the world stage as an independent actor in foreign affairs. The key institution overseeing the development of Australia's international status and foreign policy during that period was the Department of External Affairs.
This stimulating collection of essays explores the history of this government department as it grew from being a small amateur bureaucratic player to become a professional global network.
This book sheds new light on the major figures in Australian international history, H. V. 'Doc' Evatt, Percy Spender, Richard Casey, Garfield Barwick and Paul Hasluck—and their relationships with their senior bureaucratic advisers. The experiences of Australian diplomats, as they joined the Department of External Affairs as junior recruits and worked overseas, are also examined.
Ministers, Mandarins and Diplomats tells the story of the people, the events and the ideas that shaped Australian foreign policy and…
In the three decades from the beginning of World War II Australia emerged on the world stage as an independent actor in foreign affairs. The key institution overseeing the development of Australia's international status and foreign policy during that period was the Department of External Affairs.
This stimulating collection of essays explores the history of this government department as it grew from being a small amateur bureaucratic player to become a professional global network.
This book sheds new light on the major figures in Australian international history, H. V. 'Doc' Evatt, Percy Spender, Richard Casey, Garfield Barwick and Paul Hasluck—and their relationships with their senior bureaucratic advisers. The experiences of Australian diplomats, as they joined the Department of External Affairs as junior recruits and worked overseas, are also examined.
Ministers, Mandarins and Diplomats tells the story of the people, the events and the ideas that shaped Australian foreign policy and gave Australia its identity in the eyes of the rest of the world.

Joan Beaumont

Joan Beaumont

Joan Beaumont is Professor Emerita at ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. She was previously Dean of Arts and Professor of History at Deakin University in Victoria.

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Christopher Waters

Christopher Waters is an Associate Professor in History at Deakin University.

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David Lowe

David Lowe

David Lowe is Professor in History at Deakin University and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

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