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Book SynopsisBy directly challenging existing accounts of post-World War II relations among the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, Divided Allies is a significant contribution to transnational and diplomatic history. At its heart, Divided Allies examines why strategic cooperation among these closely allied Western powers in the Asia-Pacific region was limited during the early Cold War. Thomas K. Robb and David James Gill probe the difficulties of security cooperation as the leadership of these four states balanced intramural competition with the need to develop a common strategy against the Soviet Union and the new communist power, the People''s Republic of China.
Robb and Gill expose contention and disorganization among non-communist allies in the early phase of containment strategy in Asia-Pacific. In particular, the authors note the significance of economic, racial, and cultural elements to planning for regional security and they high
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Divided Allies should be considered not only the best treatment of early Cold War History of cooperation between Washington, London, Canberra, and New Zealand but also has substantial empirical material of interest to International Relations scholars and for historians to further follow-up.
* H-Diplo *
The study is undoubtedly an impressive piece of scholarship in both its scope and execution... this volume comes highly recommended for scholars working in the space of Anglo-alliance relations during the Cold War.
* PACIFIC AFFAIRS *
Divided Allies is a detailed and clear treatment of an important and often-neglected topic: geopolitical and strategic cooperation between the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand in the Asia-Pacific in the ten years following World War II. Their careful attention to policymaking and cooperation between these four states is a welcome addition to scholarship on the development of the Cold War in the Asia-Pacific.
* Diplomatic History *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1. National Interests
2. Crisis and Cooperation
3. A Negotiated Alliance
4. Selective Membership
5. An Unwelcome Ally
6. Divided Action
7. The Costs of Compromise
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
