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America Looks to Australia

The Hidden Role of Richard Casey in the Creation of the Australia-America Alliance, 1940-1942

James Prior author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Australian Scholarly Publishing

Published:1st Nov '17

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Australia's war-time Prime Minister, John Curtin, has a heroic status in Australian political history folklore. He stood up to British Prime Minister Churchill and American President Roosevelt courageously, insisting that Australian troops be brought home to defend their nation against the expected Japanese invasion. However, the praise and adulation that is heaped upon Curtin for creating the American Alliance is not justified. James Prior argues that the credit is rightly owed to Richard Casey, who as Australia's first ambassador to the United States did more to secure American engagement with Australia in Pacific security than Curtin or anyone else.

ISBN: 9781925588323

Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm

Weight: 367g

246 pages