Background to the Anzus Pact: Policy-Making, Strategy and Diplomacy, 1945-55

Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

by W. David McIntyre

This book contains a detailed analysis of American, British, Australian and New Zealand strategic planning during the early years of the Cold War, including their plans for fighting World War III in the Middle East, and the diplomatic negotiations leading up to the security treaty signed by Australia, New Zealand and the United States in 1951. It considers the problems raised by Britain's exclusion from Anzus and the subsequent creation of Seato and the British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve in Malaya.

Genres: History

473 pages, Unknown Binding

First published December 7, 1994

About the author

William David McIntyre OBE is a New Zealand historian. He was a professor in history at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch, before retiring from that position in 1997

Reviews

[Yousseif Abdellatif · Rating 3 out of 5]

Straight up, I don't trust a book that's this confident, and Background to the Anzus Pact is very confident. W. David McIntyre never hedges, which makes the argument punchy and also a little suspicious. I'd still read it again. Good for readers who like a strong take, bad for anyone who wants every claim footnoted.