1st Edition

Korea and the Evolution of the American-Australian Relationship, 1947–53 Aligning Interests

By Daniel Fazio Copyright 2024
300 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

300 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947–53, in the evolution of the relationship between the two nations in the formative years of the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War Two, divergent American and Australian strategic and security interests converged and then aligned on the Korean peninsula. Fazio argues that the interactions between key US and... Read more

Introduction

PART I: From Tension to Co-operation: 1947–49

1. Different Objectives, Converging Interests: The Origins of the US-Australian Korean Engagement

2. A Clash of Policies and Personalities: S.H. Jackson, the US and the 1948 South Korean Election

3. Opposition, Convergence and Collaboration: US and Australian Korean Policy, 1948–49

PART II: Formalising the American-Australian Alliance: 1950–51

4. Korea 1950: America’s Search for Allies and Australia’s Pursuit of a Security Relationship with the US

5. Architect of ANZUS: John Foster Dulles and the American Origins and Making of the Treaty

PART III: Diplomatic Partners: 1952–53

6. America’s Australian Diplomat: James Plimsoll and the 1952 South Korean Political Crisis

7. The Ambassador and the Americans: Percy Spender’s Public and Private Diplomacy on China and Voluntary Repatriation of Korean War POWs

Conclusion

Coda

Biography

Daniel Fazio is a Lecturer in History and Politics at the University of South Australia.