A Little America In Western Australia

Author : Anthony J. Barker
Publisher : Apollo Books
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Exmouth (W.A.)
ISBN : 1742586856

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A Little America in Western Australia by Anthony J. Barker Pdf

In 1963, the US Naval Communication Station at North West Cape in Western Australia became the first US defense facility to be established on Australian soil in peacetime. During America's Cold War struggle against communism, North West Cape's primary function was to communicate with the US fleet in the Indian and Western Pacific Oceans, especially nuclear missile submarines - the Navy's most powerful deterrent force. Seen as a vital outpost of US defense throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the whole venture was just as monumental for Australia.This book represents an important and long-overdue history of the significance of North West Cape for Australia-US relations and Australian politics, paying special attention to the town of Exmouth that was uniquely created to support the base. Drawing on archival records and oral interviews, A Little America in Western Australia brings to light the experiences of Australian civilians and US Navy personnel in a fascinating and often humorous portrait of life at the Cape. *** Librarians: ebook available on ProQuest and EBSCO *** "...welcome addition to military and nautical history collections, highly recommended especially for college library shelves." - Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch: September 2015, The Nautical Shelf [Subject: Military History, Naval Studies, US Studies, Australian Studies, Politics]

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-05-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780739181553

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Author : Charles Howlett,Christian Philip Peterson,Deborah D. Buffton,David L. Hostetter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 961 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780197549087

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The Oxford Handbook of Peace History by Charles Howlett,Christian Philip Peterson,Deborah D. Buffton,David L. Hostetter Pdf

"The Oxford Handbook of Peace History uniquely explores the distinctive dynamics of peacemaking across time and place, and analyzing how past and present societies have created diverse cultures of peace and applied strategies for peaceful change. The analysis draws upon the expertise of many well-respected and distinguished scholars from disciplines such as anthropology, economics, history, international relations, journalism, peace studies, sociology, and theology. This work is divided into six parts. The first three sections address the chronological sweep of peace history from the Ancient Egyptians to the present while the last three cover biographical profiles of peace advocates, key issues in peace history, and the future of peace history. A central theme throughout is that the quest for peace is far more than the absence of war or the pursuit of social justice ideals. Students and scholars, alike, will appreciate that this work examines the field of peace history from an international perspective and expands analysis beyond traditional Eurocentric frameworks. This volume also goes far beyond previously published handbooks and anthologies in answering what are the strengths and limits of peace history as a discipline, and what can it offer for the future. It also has the unique features of a state-of-the-field introduction with a detailed treatment of peace history historiography and a chapter written by a noted archivist in the field that provides a comprehensive list of peace research resources. It is a work ably suited applicable for classrooms and scholarly bookshelves"--

Author : Anthony J. Barker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781498591805

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US Diplomats and Their Spouses during the Cold War by Anthony J. Barker Pdf

This study examines 324 oral history transcripts and explains the recruitment, training, and deployment of US diplomats. Amid growing feminist hostility to Foreign Service treatment of spouses, some couples resented postings to distant Australasia but most enjoyed a welcoming English-speaking environment. While New Zealand assignments involved complex negotiations with Pacific islanders, diplomats in Australia were powerless to control the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean, including the fortification of Diego Garcia and peace negotiations threatening US Navy access to the port of Fremantle. When the Australian Labor Party won power in 1972 the vulnerability of vital military and intelligence facilities alarmed the US more than opposition to nuclear ship visits that removed New Zealand from the ANZUS alliance in the 1980s. Notable exceptions to a principal focus on diplomats below the highest ranks are Marshall and Lisa Green. After meeting John Stewart Service in post-1945 New Zealand they remained for years his loyal defenders against the assaults of McCarthyism. Lisa's interview implicitly but decisively refutes allegations that, as US ambassador to Australia, Marshall plotted the dismissal of the Whitlam government in 1975. Despite persistent rumors of a CIA coup, declassified cables reveal resident US diplomats' hostility to the governor general's unprecedented action.

Author : Anthony J. Barker
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9783031467561

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US Foreign Service Women in the Middle East and Islamic North Africa, 1945–2001 by Anthony J. Barker Pdf

Focusing on the attitudes and experiences of American female diplomats and spouses, this book examines the social, political, and cultural dimensions of American interactions with the Middle East and North Africa in the five decades after the Second World War. A turbulent period, marked by conflicts associated with the Cold War and decolonization, it was also characterized by changing attitudes to women at odds with those in Moslem societies. The impact of those changes is explored throughout this book, principally drawing on personal oral histories included in the 'Frontline Diplomacy' collection, but reinforced by cables passing between regional U.S. embassies and the State Department in Washington DC.

Author : Erik Paul
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015066847693

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Little America by Erik Paul Pdf

Leading scholars discuss ideology and hotly contested post-structuralist theory.

Author : Josephine Caust
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000989908

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Art and Politics by Josephine Caust Pdf

Australian governments at all levels have been engaged with arts and culture in many different forms since the beginning of European settlement. The way this has occurred is documented and analysed here, both from an historical and critical perspective. Changing understandings of culture and the significance of Indigenous Culture to Australia receive special attention. While the focus is primarily directed to Federal Government engagement, there is also consideration paid to both state and local government involvement. There is attention paid to the censorship of arts practice by governments as well as the direct interventions by politicians in arts practice. Different approaches to the arts by governments are also considered, as well as attempts to develop a national cultural policy. The impact of the recent pandemic is addressed and various research reports about the arts sector and its relationship with government are also noted. There is then a final discussion about some issues that governments could address in the future, that might ensure a more sustainable Australian arts sector. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of contemporary arts, arts management, cultural history, public policy and cultural policy. It may also interest bureaucrats and politicians.

Author : Erik Paul
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106019035002

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Little America by Erik Paul Pdf

Leading scholars discuss ideology and hotly contested post-structuralist theory.

Author : Great Britain. Meteorological Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Climatology
ISBN : OSU:32435023270408

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Tables of Temperature, Relative Humidity and Precipitation for the World: Australasia and the South Pacific Ocean, including the corresponding sections of Antarctica by Great Britain. Meteorological Office Pdf

Author : Jack Drake
Publisher : Boolarong Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781921920479

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The Wild West in Australia and America by Jack Drake Pdf

In this volume of The Wild West, Drake tells stories about the squattocracy, the cattle kings and the land barons; mounted police, sheriffs and posses in the pursuit of their elusive prey; bushrangers and outlaws and why they are so loved in popular fantasy; stockmen, ringers and cowboys; early white settlement and both friendly and hostile contact with indigenous peoples; and six shooters, gun slingers, snider rifles and infamous shoutouts.

Author : Great Britain. Meteorological Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Climatology
ISBN : MINN:319510000461164

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Tables of Temperature, Relative Humidity and Precipitation for the World by Great Britain. Meteorological Office Pdf

Author : Martin Gibbs
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781743320952

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The Shore Whalers of Western Australia by Martin Gibbs Pdf

Every winter between 1836 to 1879 small wooden boats left the bays of southwest Western Australia to hunt for migrating Humpback and Right whales.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105061197336

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The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America by Anonim Pdf

The Code of Federal Regulations is the codification of the general and permanent rules published in the Federal Register by the executive departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

Author : Albert Frederick Calvert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN : HARVARD:32044082373358

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Western Australia and Its Welfare by Albert Frederick Calvert Pdf

Author : George Grey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : UOM:39015069578238

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Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia by George Grey Pdf