1st Edition

Australian and US Military Cooperation Fighting Common Enemies

By Christopher Hubbard Copyright 2005
182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

182 Pages
by Routledge

Australia and the United States have found themselves fighting common enemies on the battlefields of the world for over half a century. Australian ground forces have repeatedly stood shoulder-to-shoulder with American troops in conflicts from Korea and Vietnam to Afghanistan - and now in the 2003 Iraq war. This study looks closely at the key factors which, for over fifty years, have shaped,... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Historical overview; Shared experience, different lives; The dynamics of change; The exercise of power; Cooperation and dissent: a case study; From Vietnam to Iraq; ANZUS in the Twenty-first Century; Conclusion: threats and opportunities; Appendix one: Text of the ANZUS Treaty; Appendix two: text of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty; Bibliography; Index.

Biography

Christopher Hubbard