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______
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Articles, Chapters and Speeches

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Diplomatic History
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______ ‘Beyond the Euphoria: The politics of the American–Australian Alliance during the Cold War',
Journal of Cold
War
Studies
, vol. 17, no. 1 (Winter 2015), pp. 1–33.

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Diplomatic History
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FitzGerald, Stephen,
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, Whitlam Institute, Sydney, 2012.

Gerald Hughes, R, and Robb, Thomas, ‘Kissinger and the Diplomacy of Coercive linkage in the “Special Relationship” between the United and Great Britain, 1969–1977',
Diplomatic History
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Daly, Philippa, Lone White Faces: The Nixon Doctrine and Australian Foreign Policy, BA Hons Thesis, University of Sydney, 2012.

Farrugia, Jessica, Maintaining the ‘Australian Way of Life': President Johnson's 1966 Visit and its Implications for National Culture, BA Hons Thesis, University of Sydney, 2013.

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I have been the fortunate beneficiary of assistance, advice and indeed patience from many people in the course of writing this book. To those colleagues, friends and archivists who have given their support, encouragement and time, I owe a special gratitude.

Research for this project first began in 2008 and I thank the staff at the various national archives in Washington, Canberra and London for their guidance on where to start mining for the material that sustains this project. In the Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Reagan presidential libraries, and at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, the librarians and archivists were always quick to assist. At the National Archives in Washington DC, David Langbart, a specialist in State Department records, was unfailingly generous with his time and recommendations, while at the Ford Library Donna Lehman was indefatigable in chasing up many declassification requests. On many of these research trips to the United States, I was fortunate to enjoy the warm hospitality of Tim Kane, and also John Cross and Ben Diamond of Capitol Hill.

This project was also supported by the award of a Fulbright scholarship in 2010, and I am indebted to the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University for hosting me during this fruitful
period. A Discovery Grant from the Australian Research Council (ARC) also enabled me to pursue the project over a sustained period of three years. And even before the project began, the founding CEO of the US Studies Centre (USSC) at Sydney University, GeoffGarrett, supported my research ambitions, support that has been generously continued by current CEO Bates Gill. This USSC funding, along with that of the ARC, enabled me to hire five brilliant research assistants—Mary Fifita, Philippa Macaskill, Ellen O'Connor, Naomi Parkinson and Scott Russell—to trawl newspaper and parliamentary speeches. I would also like to thank my students in the various undergraduate courses I have taught on American and Australian foreign relations. Their engagement with the subject is proof, if ever proof was needed, that the teaching-research nexus remains vital in any university. The latter is only ever enriched by the former, and vice-versa.

Stuart Ward, Neville Meaney, Paul Kelly, David McLean and Tom Switzer all read the manuscript, or sections of it, in draft and offered sage suggestions for improvement. Jeannie Addison proofed all the chapters and my copy-editor, the distinguished Meryl Potter, was, quite simply, brilliant. And a joy to work with. Nick Bryant, Duncan Ivison, Andrew Fitzmaurice, Lisa Main and Max Suich were all supportive of the project at key stages. At MUP, Colette Vella, Cathy Smith, Monica Svarc and Sarah Hollingsworth were characteristically professional in shepherding this book through to publication. I am grateful to all of them for the enthusiasm with which they greeted the idea for the book and their encouragement and advice along the way. The book is better for the interventions of all of the above: its weaknesses are mine alone.

My family, however, deserves the most thanks. Not simply for enduring my frequent absences—in both body and mind—over the course of researching and writing the book, but for their continued love and encouragement, which have sustained me throughout. Priscilla, Pia and Ella remain sources of pleasure and inspiration, and it is to them that I dedicate this work.

 

Acheson, Dean,
30

Adenauer, Konrad,
117

Agnew, Spiro,
224
,
264

Allan, John,
124

Allende, Salvador,
271

Ambrose, Stephen,
46
,
205

American–Australian Association,
45
,
252

Anthony, Doug,
118–19
,
223
,
291
,
292

Appling, Hugh,
125
,
128
,
166
,
167

Asia

and British withdrawal,
22
,
55–6
,
195–6

and communism (Chinese) as threat,
3
,
21
,
26
,
36

emergence after WWII,
8
; decolonisation and nationalism,
41–2
,
56
,
210
; transformation in,
208

Five Power Defence Arrangement,
195
,
238

Nixon tour as vice president,
1
,
2
,
7

and relations with China,
118

and SEATO,
46
,
62
,
106
,
116
,
168
,
238
; and Australian withdrawal,
149–50
,
247
,
257
; effectiveness,
149

see also
Cold War
;
Vietnam war

ASIO,
160

Australia

and conscription crises in WWI,
28
,
65

early attempts at security arrangement with US,
29
,
69