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The partnership : the inside story of the US-Australian alliance under Bush and Howard /

Tells the inside story of the US-Australia alliance under John Howard and George W Bush. It features explosive behind-the-scenes conversations between Australian and American leaders that reveal the secrets behind Australia and US military and political policy in the war on terror, and in Iraq and A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheridan, Greg, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "CONTENTS"; "Acknowledgments"; "Introduction: why do we have an alliance with the United States of America?"; "CHAPTER 1 Council of war: the White House, April 2003"; "CHAPTER 2 The bonds of terror"; "CHAPTER 3 Afghanistan: the first Aussie Bronze Star since Vietnam"; "CHAPTER 4 Diggers to Iraq: Howard joins the Bushfamily, Australia plays its red card"; "CHAPTER 5 Inside the belly of the beast: the Bushforeign policy from the inside"; "CHAPTER 6 In the neoconsâ€? lair: a season in Washington,an encounter with Wolfowitz"
  • "CHAPTER 7 Sexing up the intelligence relationship:Washington opens the golden door,Canberra walks through""CHAPTER 8 Iraq: a generalâ€?s story"; "CHAPTER 9 The Australian Defence Force: redesignedfor global power"; "CHAPTER 10 Howardâ€?s love affair with the soldiers"; "CHAPTER 11 Defence cooperation with the United States"; "CHAPTER 12 Australiaâ€?s standing in America"; "CHAPTER 13 Indonesia: helping with leviathan,or deputy sheriff?"; "CHAPTER 14 The Asian giants: China, agreeing todisagree; Japan, Australiaâ€?s strategic partner"; "CHAPTER 15 Commander of the Gulf: a sailorâ€?s story"
  • "CHAPTER 16 The United Nations: manglingmultilateralism together""CHAPTER 17 Howard and Bush as national securityheads of government"; "CHAPTER 18 Two case studies in the new partnership:the tsunami and climate change"; "CHAPTER 19 The Americanisation of Australian politics"; "CHAPTER 20 The Free Trade Agreement: making dollarsand sense"; "CHAPTER 21 Lord of the skies: a fighter pilotâ€?s story"; "CHAPTER 22 Labor and America: out-thought, out-muscled,out-voted"; "CHAPTER 23 Why does everyone hate America,but love it too?"; "CHAPTER 24 Secrets of the alliance: Roosevelt,Spender and Scanlan"