Critically Assess Australian foreign policy in the 1930’s.
During the 1930’s, Australia struggled to find itself a foreign policy that would not only protect its interests in the Pacific region, but would also enable it to gain prestige and standing within the international community. Consequently, Australia’s foreign policies during this period oscillated to suit the turmoil that enveloped the world, particularly during the late 1930’s. This paper will attempt to critically evaluate the various policies employed by Australia, and the reasons behind the use of each. This will be done by detailing the foreign policies of Australia, and why they were enacted.It has been said that the principal aim of Australian foreign policy during the inter-war years was to preserve peace, and its secondary objective was to ensure that if war came, the Empire was well prepared. The logic behind this was that the League of Nations could not be trusted, but the Empire could. Australia had matured greatly as a result of the Great War, and was now recognised internationally as a more independent, developing nation, which was a result of Hughes’ efforts at the Paris peace conference. However, its links to the British Empire were still very much prevalent and as will be seen this was to have a profou
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Approximate Word count = 2092
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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