Introduction -- 1: From Federation to the Great War -- 2: The British Empire, the League of Nations and world depression -- 3: World War II and the Post-war International Order -- 4: The Cold War in the 1950s -- 5: The Pivotal decade of the 1960s: Decolonisation and the Japanese economic miracle -- 6: The Cold War in the Asia-Pacific region in the 1960s and 1970s -- 77: The Post-Imperial world of the 1970s -- 8: Economic liberalisation, engagement with Asia, and defence 'self-reliance' -- 9: Globalisation and the new world disorder -- 10: The rise of China and the challenge of climate change -- 11: Conclusion
Summary
Australia and the World is a highly accessible and informative work that explains Australia’s shifting place in a global context while detailing the many events, forces and relationships that have impacted upon it since Federation
