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Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the Challenge of the United States, 1939–46

A Study in International History

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  • © 2003

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  1. P. G. A. Orders
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Part of the book series: Studies in Military and Strategic History (SMSH)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-4

  3. Prelude: Interwar Rivalry

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    Pages 5-23

  4. Atlantic Rapprochement — Pacific Rivalry

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    Pages 24-56

  5. Defeat and Recovery

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    Pages 57-85

  6. Anzaxis

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    Pages 86-127

  7. Planning for Peace

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    Pages 128-152

  8. Bargaining for Security

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    Pages 153-183

  9. Epilogue

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    Pages 184-192

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 193-201

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 202-262
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About this book

This book relates the development of Anglo-Australian-New Zealand relations during and immediately after the second world war to the role of the United States in the South-west Pacific. Based on the results of comprehensive multi-archival research, the book highlights the extent of American-Commonwealth rivalry in the region and following the crisis of late 1941 and early 1942 demonstrates how the reforging of imperial links was shaped by the expansion of American power in Pacific areas south of the equator. It provides an important and timely reassessment of the economic, political and strategic factors that led Britain, Australia and New Zealand to conclude that the postwar affairs of the South-west Pacific should be dominated by the British Empire.

About the author

P.G.A.ORDERS is a graduate of the Universities of Cardiff, London and Cambridge and was contributor to The United States and Decolonization: Power and Freedom.

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