allies‚ specifically America‚ would require our help in the fight against communism in South Vietnam. At the start of the conflict‚ America had appealed towards its allies for help‚ particularly SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation)‚ but also ANZUS (Australia‚ New Zealand‚ United States Security Treaty)‚ in actively supporting the containment of communism. In his speech‚ Prime Minister Menzies said‚ “as well as providing guarantees and assurances for our security‚ make demands upon us”. Australia
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As World War 2 ended and the Cold War began‚ communism began to expand from Russia into South-East Asia. China and North Korea became communist and communism continued to spread south as Vietnam became independent from the French after the battle of Dien Bien Phu resulting in the country being split at the 17th parallel into communist North and non-communist South. The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia‚ as they feared that Communist forces would gain
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for it to reach Australia and fight it here. The Korean War was a part of our government’s ’Forward Defense Policy’. Military action was sent to Korea to help our allies to fight communism overseas. Another response to communism in Asia was the ANZUS Treaty which was one of the most important steps that Australia took to protect Australia from the threat of communism. The treaty was an agreement signed by Australia‚ New Zealand and the United States; it meant that each of the three nations involved
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involved with the world as a form of forward defence. In an attempt to contain the spread of communism Australia formed more international treaties with what Menzies called the Australians’ “great friends and allies”. Such treaties included the ANZUS Treaty‚ which was between Australia‚ the United States and New Zealand‚ and SEATO‚ a treaty formed for the protection of South-East Asia. The main reason behind all these treaties was US President Truman’s policy of containment‚ or the Truman Doctrine
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FEAR OF COMMUNISM The Cold War stimulated the ‘fear of communism’‚ which had extremely cohesive and divisive implications amongst Australian society and politics. The fear of communism exercised it’s powerful influence over the minds of Australians from about 1949 with the beginning of the Cold War and the communist revolution in China‚ until about the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War in 1972. Through close examination of the ALP split as a result of the Communist Party Dissolution
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responsibility to America. After World War I Australia knew it could not defend itself against any enemy on its home ground‚ so Menzies sought to strengthen Australia’s relationships with United States and Britain relying on “great and powerful friends”. The ANZUS treaty (1951) and the SEATO treaty (1954) were a way to create a closer link to America‚ although it does not say that US must help Australia’s it gives them a closer relationship. The SEATO treaty linked the United states‚ Britain‚ France‚ Australia
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Christian Scofield Period 4 Foreign Policy and National Defense Chapter 17 America’s foreign policy has been changing greatly over time. The policy is actually a grouping of different policies on all of this nation’s positions‚ actions‚ and ideas about what goes on in the world. Foreign policy is everything that a nation does in relation to other nations. The CIA runs intelligence operations worldwide‚ while the Department of Homeland Security is tasked with protecting America from terrorist attacks
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4. How has war shaped Australia in the twentieth century? Australia has been shaped through war since soldiers set to the First World War right up until the now with the war in Afghanistan. Aspects that made it controversial ideas from being a colony of Britain and the politics that came with it‚ development of treaties with other countries‚ social groups‚ and family honour. Being that Australia was apart of the British monarchy Australia sent many thousands of troops to fight for Britain during
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When France carried out its first atmospheric test at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific in 1966‚ it allowed a concentrated centre for NZers to direct their anti-nuclear protests towards. The NZ protests towards French nuclear testing in the Pacific was a significant event because it was a milestone for the protest movement in NZ‚ cementing our position as a country that would speak out when our morals were in violation and would not be barred by political bureaucracy that moved slower than the pace
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We joined the Vietnam War in 1950 to try and stop the flow of communism as Australia‚ as a whole‚ believed in the domino effect where communism takes control of a country one by one. Another of the government’s responses was the ANZUS treaty and SEATO alliance. The ANZUS treaty included Australia‚ New Zealand and the United States of America‚ and meant that if one of the nations involved was attacked‚ the other two were obliged to help. Australia signed this because the government believed that we
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