INDEX

Acheson, Dean, 18, 48, 49, 50, 51, 69, 70, 71, 74, 89, 92, 95, 97, 136

and ANZUS, 77, 81, 95, 98, 100, 101, 102, 108

and Korean War, 55, 56, 60, 63, 64

Aden, 24

ANZAM. See Australia, New Zealand, and Malaya area Agreement

ANZUS. See Australia, New Zealand, United States Treaty

ANZUS Council meetings, 7, 94, 100, 101, 102, 105, 128, 132, 154, 162, 172, 178, 179

Attlee, Clement, 22, 23, 24, 25, 31, 33, 36, 50, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 67, 70, 84, 87, 88, 91, 92, 94, 190n94, 190n98, 204n113, 205n139

Australia

and economic development of, 3, 31, 68, 69, 98

and fear of Japan, 32, 46, 62, 73, 74, 75

and importance of ANZUS, 80, 85, 98, 101, 125, 151, 152

and political culture, 44, 69, 150, 151

and SEATO, 4, 6, 7, 161, 162, 163, 170, 172, 177

and Second World War, 2533, 42, 84, 161

and sterling bloc, 27, 68

Australian Chiefs of Staff, 13, 28, 42

Australia, New Zealand, and Malaya area Agreement (ANZAM), 28, 38, 42, 84, 96, 97, 103, 106, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 132, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178

Australia, New Zealand, United States Treaty (ANZUS), 4, 5, 66, 119124, 142, 146, 151, 152, 153, 154, 158, 160, 166, 168, 170, 181, 182, 183n4

and British exclusion from, 9197, 102108, 11, 112, 127133, 179

and creation of, 7882

and membership debate, 2, 80, 8286, 8891, 98, 99, 100, 101, 115118, 125, 151, 152

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, 32

Bandung Conference (1955), 179

Bao Dai, 165, 171

Beaverbrook, Lord, 105

Berendsen, Carl, 17, 63, 70, 79, 80

Bevin, Ernest, 22, 23, 24, 50, 54, 58, 61, 67

Borneo, 42

Bradley, Omar, 56

British Empire, 10, 12, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 25, 28, 92, 93, 112, 135

Burma, 7, 8, 33, 50, 104, 144, 159, 161, 163, 164

Butler, Robin Austin, 94

Byrnes, James, 15

Cambodia, 121, 142, 157, 159, 173, 241n82

Canada, 27, 30, 31, 38, 54, 76, 92, 209n38

Casey, Richard, 100, 101, 105, 106, 124, 129, 143, 151, 163, 165, 170, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 14, 138

Ceylon, 53, 144, 149, 161

Chamberlain, Neville, 22, 166

Chifley, Benedict, 26, 27, 30, 32, 43, 50, 67, 68, 80

Churchill, Winston, 5, 23, 25, 26, 85, 92, 99, 100, 103, 105, 111, 123, 126, 130, 145, 159, 160, 164, 167, 172, 173, 217n28, 217n32, 217n36, 218n37

and ANZUS, 9497, 111118

and Cold War, 93, 131, 142, 144

and Second World War, 10, 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 135, 204n113

Collins, Admiral Sir John, 115

Colombo Conference (1950), 53, 54, 55

Colombo Plan, 54, 55, 170

Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve, 43

Cripps, Stafford, 57, 68

Curtin, John, 25, 26, 32

Deane, Charles, 49

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 55, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 142, 203n97

Department of Defense (U.S.), 91, 101

Department of External Affairs (Australia), 81, 116

Department of External Affairs (New Zealand), 35, 74, 173

Dien Bien Phu, 134, 138, 139, 148, 149

Doidge, Frederick, 6, 63, 78, 79, 81, 83, 121

Domino theory, 7, 8, 41, 42, 45, 50, 59, 121, 137, 145, 180, 182, 184n20, 197n2, 227n65, 246n2

Dulles, Allen, 138, 233n53

Dulles, John Foster, 5, 6, 8, 48, 74, 75, 78, 81, 84, 88, 89, 90, 113, 114, 119, 120, 126, 127, 128, 129, 137, 138140, 145, 148, 150, 151, 162, 164, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178

and Geneva Conference, 146150

and negotiating ANZUS treaty, 7882

and united action, 140143

Eden, Anthony, 21, 22, 85, 100, 103, 105, 106, 113, 114, 139, 142, 144, 145, 146, 158, 159, 164, 171

and Geneva Conference, 146150, 165167

Eisenhower, Dwight, 5, 6, 7, 11, 76, 109, 113, 114, 119, 124, 137, 139, 140143, 145, 147, 150, 158, 159, 160, 163, 166, 167, 168, 171, 177

Evatt, H. V., 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 50, 173

Ferguson, Homer, 76

Forde, Francis, 16, 26

Formosa, 48, 121, 163, 168

Forrestal, James, 15

France, 8, 11, 30, 41, 65, 67, 89, 90, 91, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 107, 110, 111, 115, 118, 119, 121, 127, 129, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 141, 144, 148, 151, 153, 154, 157, 161, 164, 165, 166, 167, 169, 172, 183n3, 187n37, 209n38, 232n35, 240n60, 241n83

Franks, Oliver, 58, 92, 127, 214n112

Fraser, Peter, 27, 30, 35, 37, 38, 43, 74, 210n61

Gordon-Walker, Patrick, 83, 84

Graham, Billy, 56

Great Britain. See United Kingdom

Green, Theodore, 76

Ho Chi Minh, 135, 136, 165

Holland, Sidney, 5, 7, 37, 45, 46, 52, 58, 59, 63, 77, 80, 85, 95, 96, 102, 105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 118, 124, 128, 130, 150, 153, 160, 173, 174, 176

Hong Kong, 5, 20, 25, 42, 50, 51, 53, 58, 119, 147, 168, 201n67

Humphrey, George, 118

Imperialism, 2, 3, 12, 15, 32, 82, 87, 88, 90, 163, 164, 182

and U.S. concerns with, 52, 66, 108, 120, 164

India, 7, 11, 19, 25, 42, 50, 52, 53, 54, 88, 92, 111, 140, 144, 148, 149, 161, 164

Indochina, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 33, 41, 65, 89, 91, 101, 104, 105, 107, 110, 119, 121, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135140, 145, 147, 150, 152, 157, 165, 170, 173, 182

Indonesia, 8, 90, 98, 131, 144, 161, 179

International trade, 3, 4, 9, 17, 18, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 34, 37, 50, 68, 73, 81, 85, 118, 121, 138, 162, 170, 181, 211n65, 213n96

Japan, 3, 6, 12, 19, 39, 44, 45, 47, 53, 56, 59, 90, 103, 107, 121, 161, 162, 163, 181

and antipodean fear of, 32, 35, 36, 46, 62, 70, 73, 74, 75, 78, 118

and economic power, 4, 17, 18, 79, 81, 121

and the Second World War, 10, 14, 16, 20, 25, 35, 42, 55, 135

and strategic importance of, 13, 18, 65, 71, 85, 114, 188n54

Japanese Peace Treaty, 9, 32, 35, 62, 66, 82, 88, 89, 113, 114, 182

and the creation, 7078

Johnson, Louis, 60, 71

Joint Intelligence Committee (Australia), 136

Joint Intelligence Committee (UK), 41, 42, 50, 85, 144

Kay, Cyril, 117

Kennan, George, 52, 64, 188n54, 202n82

Knowland, William, 48, 56

Korean War, 55, 58, 60, 65, 70, 71, 72, 94, 142, 158, 174

and Australian military involvement, 58, 60

and British military involvement, 5758

and New Zealand military involvement, 59, 60

and United States military involvement, 5558, 61

Laos, 121, 138, 157, 159, 173, 241n82

Lend-lease, 20

Limb, Ben, 89

London Economic Conference, 112

MacArthur, General Douglas, 11, 18, 56, 61, 62, 64, 71, 72, 73, 114

Macmillan, Harold, 95, 172

Makins, Sir Roger, 127, 141, 143, 164, 233n52

Malaya, 28, 38, 41, 42, 84, 96, 97, 103, 106, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 122, 123, 125, 127, 132, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178

Malayan Emergency, 42, 45, 46

and Australia, 43, 44

and Britain, 46, 47

and New Zealand, 45

and United States, 43, 44

Malta, 24, 100, 103, 207n9

Manchuria, 45, 55, 56

Marshall, George, 17, 48, 75

Marshall Plan, 31, 76, 171

McCarthy, Joseph, 48, 125

Menzies, Robert, 5, 44, 52, 53, 58, 59, 60, 6669, 80, 83, 95, 96, 9799, 104, 106, 111, 112, 115, 116, 117, 118, 121, 123125, 130, 150, 151, 153, 161, 173, 176, 177, 207n9

Middle East

and African contribution toward defense of, 244n131

and Australian military planning for, 44, 67, 68, 80, 83, 104, 110, 131, 136, 172, 173, 181

and British military planning for, 41, 53, 84, 85, 92, 119

and New Zealand military planning for, 38, 43, 45, 54, 59, 77, 80, 83, 100, 136, 174, 175, 181

and strategic importance of, 24

and U.S. military planning for, 45, 83, 119, 131

Military Intelligence Service, Section 5 (MI5), 32

Morrison, Herbert, 84

Munro, Leslie, 101, 126, 143, 170, 172, 221n80

National Security Council, 65, 137, 138, 140, 141, 145, 149, 163, 164, 166, 179

NATO. See North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Navarre, Henri, 138

Nehru, Jawaharlal, 52, 144, 164

Netherlands, 30, 67, 90, 161, 163, 209n38

New Zealand

and economic development of, 3, 31, 68, 69, 98

and fear of Japan, 32, 46, 62, 73, 74, 75

and importance of ANZUS, 80, 85, 98, 101, 125, 151, 152

and political culture, 44, 69, 150, 151

and SEATO, 4, 6, 7, 161, 162, 163, 170, 172, 177

and Second World War, 2533, 42, 84, 161

and sterling bloc, 27, 68

Nitze, Paul, 64, 65

Nixon, Richard, 140, 150

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 31, 41, 43, 51, 53, 54, 64, 78, 79, 93, 97, 98, 99, 123, 133, 145, 154, 158, 170

Nuclear weapons, 11, 14, 15, 22, 40, 49, 62, 63, 93, 111, 113, 114, 119, 145, 148, 170, 174, 186n22, 194n163, 205n139

Pacific pact, 5, 36, 39, 46, 81, 123

Pakistan, 111, 144, 149, 161, 167, 169, 183n1, 241n83

Pearl Harbor, 10, 11, 42, 55, 78, 81, 82, 88, 90, 98, 100, 103, 111, 143, 158, 159, 161, 167, 168, 169

People’s Republic of China (PRC), 1, 2, 7, 45, 47, 48, 49, 55, 62, 63, 73, 107, 121, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145, 147, 149, 151, 158, 241n241

and Hong Kong, 50, 51, 147

and Korean War, 55, 62, 63

and Malayan Emergency, 41, 42

and strategic importance, 2, 47, 48, 49, 71, 72, 84, 107, 114, 136, 137, 138, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151, 162, 169, 176, 178

Philippines, 8, 12, 25, 47, 75

Portugal, 90, 103, 161, 163

Potsdam Conference, 14, 22, 27

Public opinion, 49, 56, 139, 173

Race, 2, 3, 9, 12, 35, 46, 52, 66, 75, 81, 8791, 106, 108, 110, 111, 114, 120, 126, 127, 134, 140, 153, 154, 158, 163, 164, 171, 179, 182, 185n11, 202n82, 237n122

and influence on Australian foreign policymaking, 46, 81, 171

and influence on British foreign policymaking, 90, 108, 110, 114, 153

and influence on New Zealand foreign policymaking, 35, 46, 81, 153, 154

and influence on U.S. foreign policymaking, 12, 52, 75, 108, 120, 140, 164

Religion, 56, 167, 224n16

and influence on U.S. foreign policymaking, 71, 113

Republic of Korea, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 89, 163

Ridgeway, Matthew, 64

Romulo, Carlos, 89

Roosevelt, Franklin, 11, 12, 13, 21, 135

Rough Diplomacy, 4, 6, 78, 123, 128, 130, 147, 148, 181, 183n9, 184n10

and Australia utilizing, 78

and Britain utilizing, 128

and New Zealand utilizing, 78

and U.S. utilizing, 5, 127, 128, 147

Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), 44, 204n123, 222n103

Royal Australian Navy, 122

Royal Navy, 50, 131

Rusk, Dean, 82, 203n94

SEACDT. See Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty

SEATO. See South East Asia Treaty Organization

Sebald, William, 241n76

Shedden, Frederick, 176

Shinwell, Emmanuel, 58

Singapore, 7, 19, 20, 24, 25, 34, 41, 43, 44, 50, 53, 90, 111, 131

Smith, Alexander, 48

Smith, Walter Bedell, 139, 166

South Africa, 38, 244n131

Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, 2, 156, 168, 170, 176

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 9, 156, 169, 170, 171, 176, 179, 182

and Australia, 7, 161, 162, 163, 172, 177

and Britain, 4, 168, 170, 172

and international membership of, 3, 6, 163, 164, 171, 182, 183n3

and New Zealand, 161, 162, 170, 172, 177

and United States, 4, 157, 168, 171, 178

Soviet Union, 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 37, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 49, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 62, 64, 71, 72, 79, 80, 83, 85, 88, 93, 114, 119, 120, 142, 158, 169

Spender, Percy 6, 8, 53, 54, 55, 62, 67, 69, 70, 74, 78, 79, 81, 98, 100, 115, 125, 143, 178

Stalin, Joseph, 13, 15, 21, 22, 33, 47, 48, 55, 121

Taiwan Strait Crisis, 176

Thailand (Siam), 7, 41, 50, 144

Truman, Harry, 8, 14, 20, 21, 22, 48, 55, 56, 61, 62, 63, 65, 69, 76, 77, 95, 99, 101, 118, 137, 186n22

United Action, 8, 141149, 151155, 233n52

United Kingdom

and ANZUS, 9197, 102108, 111118, 127133, 179

and concerns with Asian-Pacific strategy, 13, 41, 85

and domestic politics, 22, 85, 87, 88, 94, 112

and economic weakness, 11, 13, 20, 23, 24, 57, 58, 67, 82, 85, 87, 91, 94, 175

and Geneva Conference, 146150, 165167

and grand strategy, 58

and Middle East, 11, 19, 24, 45, 53, 54, 59, 84, 91, 92, 111, 131, 174, 175, 181

and People’s Republic of China, 50, 51, 61, 73, 88

and Second World War, 1925

and united action, 141149, 151155

United Nations, 13, 14, 16, 17, 30, 35, 37, 57, 58, 60, 61, 63, 135

United States of America, 12, 52, 5558, 61, 71, 75, 108, 113, 120, 140, 164

and ANZUS, 78, 80, 81, 88, 90, 91, 127, 128

and domestic anti-communism, 48, 49, 147

and grand strategy, 50, 85, 119, 124

and imperialism, 15, 52, 66, 87, 88, 108, 120, 163, 164

and Japan, 7076

and People’s Republic of China, 41, 47, 48, 49, 55, 56, 62, 73, 107, 121, 137, 138, 145, 147, 149, 169, 176, 241n76

and racism, 66, 88, 89, 140, 164

and SEATO, 4, 157, 168, 171, 178

and Second World War, 1019

and Soviet Union, 56, 71, 72, 85, 107, 113, 119, 135

and trusteeships, 12, 13, 16, 17, 30, 135

and united action, 141149, 151155

U.S.–Republic of Korea defense treaty, 133

Viet Minh, 7, 41, 121, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 143, 144, 145, 147, 165, 166, 171

Watt, Alan, 81, 116

Webb, Clifton, 81, 100, 101, 102, 105, 151, 166

Wilson, Charles, 141, 167

World Bank, 14, 98

Yalta Conference, 12, 13, 15, 19, 21, 27

Ze-dong, Mao, 7, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 70, 72, 88, 176, 203n97