Unholy Fury (63 page)

Percy, Charles,
158
,
167–8

Pilger, John

A Secret Country
,
294

Pitty, Roderic,
123

Plimsoll, Sir James,
125
,
126
,
139–40
,
300–1

and Whitlam government,
150
,
161–2
,
164
,
169
,
170
,
182
,
189
,
206
,
236
,
237
,
242

Pompidou, Georges,
159
,
178
,
248

Preston, Andrew,
150

 

Quigg, Philip,
99–100

 

Ramsey, Alan,
58
,
89
,
252
,
253

Reagan, Ronald,
158
,
309

Reagan administration

foreign policy: Central America,
309

and US–Australia relations,
309

Reid, Alan,
67
,
217

Renouf, Alan,
268
,
269
,
275

Reston, James,
157

Rice, Walter,
107–8
,
139
,
187
,
199

Robb, Thomas,
304
,
305

Rockefeller, Nelson,
158
,
284

Rogers, William

as secretary of state,
6
,
101
,
124
,
134
,
138
,
149
,
168
,
189
,
206
,
212
,
240
,
247

Roosevelt, Franklin,
15
,
29
,
151

Roosevelt, Theodore,
69

Rostow, Walt,
52–3
,
66
,
84
,
90

Rush, Kenneth,
263
,
275
,
276

Rusk, Dean,
61–2
,
81
,
82
,
92
,
171

 

Samuel, Peter,
189

Santamaria, BA,
116
,
217

Sato, Eisaku,
124
,
197

Saxby, William B,
158

Schlesinger, James,
266
,
281
,
286

Scowcroft, Brent,
306

Shackley, Ted,
293

Shann, Keith,
187

Shaw, Patrick,
264

as ambassador to US,
274
,
275
,
276
,
285
,
302–3

Shirer, William,
141

Sibraa, Kerry,
295

Sinclair, Ian,
291
,
311

Sisco, Joseph,
269
,
270

Smyser, Richard,
279

Snedden, Billy,
223
,
233
,
290

Sneider, Richard,
211–12
,
275
,
276

Sonnenfeldt, Helmut,
159

Soviet Union (USSR),
261
,
277

atomic weapons arsenal,
10
,
33

Berlin blockade,
31
,
33

as great power,
8
,
18
,
116

as threat to west,
2
,
3
,
276

relations with China: alliance,
33
; split,
10
,
121
,
133

Spender, Percy,
32
,
34
,
40

Stallings, Richard,
292

Starbuck, Frank,
295

Stevenson, Adlai,
82

Stewart, Michael,
236

Suharto,
198
,
208

Sukarno,
40
,
41
,
82
,
208

Sullivan, William,
159

Sulzberger, Cyrus,
149
,
203

Sur i, Jeremy,
154

Sweden,
150
,
159
,
177

 

Taiwan,
40
,
117
,
118
,
127

Tanaka, Kakuei,
207
,
230
,
234
,
248

Tange, Arthur,
45
,
293
,
294

Taylor, Gen. Maxwell,
43

Terrill, Ross,
166

Thieu,
155
,
168

Tho, Le Duc
264

Toohey, Brian,
292
,
294

Toynbee, Arnold
Study of History
,
19

trade unions in Australia,
2

ACTU: and maritime bans,
181
,
187–8
,
189
,
190

bans on Dutch ships and on arms for Korea,
180–1

and communism,
7

and French nuclear tests,
191

and
Monterey
(liner),
182

and Vietnam war,
175
,
181–2
; ban on unloading American ships,
13
,
176
,
180
,
183
,
184–5
,
189
,
190
; threatened bans,
181
,
182

Trend, Sir Burke,
158
,
159

Truman, Harry S,
30
,
180

Truman administration,
115

Tuchman, Barbara

August 1914,
79

Tucker, Nancy Bernkopf,
55

Turner, Harry,
128

 

United States

alliances/treaties: ANZUS,
33
; historical reluctance,
30
; and Munroe Doctrine,
30
; and NATO,
31
,
33
,
34
,
158
; Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty,
285

atomic weapons and policy,
4
,
10
; and Cuban missile crisis,
79

depression period,
15

domestic issues: assassinations,
96
,
113
; crisis of confidence,
102
,
140–1
,
228
; racial tensions,
113
,
140
; social unrest,
140

foreign policy: Asia,
33
,
55
,
81–2
,
89
; on China,
115
, (re-evaluation),
117
,
119
; focus on Cold War,
16
,
30
,
31
,
32
,
79
,
127
,
142
,
193
,
210
; Marshall Plan,
31

impact of Vietnam War,
11
,
13
,
18
,
42
,
55
,
157
,
193
,
302
,
304
,
305
; casualties,
19
; on US credibility,
154
; domestic opposition to,
63
,
66–7
,
78
,
86
,
89
,
102
,
158
,
170
,
172
; on economy,
19
,
110
,
205
; sapping morale, self-belief,
17
,
19
,
110

and intelligence activities abroad,
287

International Longshoremen's Association,
183–4

and isolationism,
47
,
86
,
89
,
90
,
96
,
102
,
170
,
209
,
246

role in WWII,
3–4
,
28–9

and ‘soft peace' for Japan,
30
,
33

trade policies,
118

see also
Nixon as president
;
US–Australia alliance

Uren, Tom,
76
,
177
,
178
,
190
,
192
,
199

US–Australia alliance (1951–72),
6
,
7
,
26
,
27

ANZUS treaty,
1
,
8–9
,
23
,
64
,
93
,
107
,
139
,
180
; ANZUS council,
8–9
; and domestic politics in US,
43
,
44
; and international events,
33
; raison d'être,
124
; signed,
32–3
; and US interests,
43
; US interpretation of,
33–4
,
105
; US motivation,
33
,
116

Australia's approach to: align military structures with US,
35
; alliance as first principle of foreign policy,
28
,
109
,
141
; joining conflicts as ally of US or Britain,
10
,
21
,
35
,
43
; and Vietnam war,
21
,
28
,
45
,
52
,
56
,
61
,
64
,
69
,
89
,
118
,
133–4

and Chinese isolation,
115–16
; overturned by Nixon policy,
118
,
132

conservative stranglehold on,
71
,
72
; challenged,
83–4
,
124

disagreements: Indonesia,
40–1
,
64
,
312
; Indonesian Confrontation with Malaysian Federation;
41
,
42
,
44
,
64
; troop numbers in Vietnam,
60
,
63

and effectiveness for Australia,
41
,
44
,
60
,
61–2
,
69

and memory of World War II and American support,
3–4
,
26–8
,
39
,
57
,
302
,
312

nature of US–Australia relationship,
49–50
,
302
,
303
; and consultation,
89
,
92
,
98
,
118
,
123
,
125
,
128
,
130
; effect of Holt's death,
87–8
; and Gorton's style and nationalism,
88
,
91–2
,
103–4
; impact and interpretation of Johnson visit,
51–4
,
57–60
,
63–4
,
69
; and Nixon's policy shift on China,
118
,
123
,
125
,
128
,
129
,
312
; and rapport of leaders,
60–1
,
69
,
71
,
78
,
90
,
91–2
,
95
,
100
,
102
; and substance,
71

and trade,
4
,
40

and US commitment to Australia's security.
1
,
2
,
7
,
10
,
93
,
129–30
,
313
; belief of Australians,
26
,
42
,
64
,
76
; uncertainty,
22
,
23
,
34
,
36
,
42
,
43
,
44–5
,
68
,
78
,
89
,
92–3
,
104
,
105
,
107
,
109
,
313

US policies: and failure of Australian governments to see changes,
105–6
,
119
,
123
,
124
; impact on Australia,
10
,
22
,
39–40
,
45
,
46
,
56
,
127
; implications of Nixon doctrine,
106–7
,
109

US views on Australia and leaders,
2
,
33
,
51
,
52–3
,
100
,
101
,
103–4
,
114
,
125
,
126
; expectations,
60–1
,
68
,
93–4
,
108
,
140
; frustration,
63

see also
Australia (postwar to 1972)

US–Australia alliance in Whitlam era

and ANZUS treaty,
21
,
149
,
215
,
233–4
,
249
,
312
,
313
; ANZUS council,
189
,
276
,
294
; US take on,
166
,
238

and Australian foreign investment rules,
13

feelings between the two allies in Ford period: relief,
284

feelings between the two allies in Nixon years,
236
,
259
,
265
,
286
; anxiety,
278
; bitterness,
254
; calm,
282
; frustration and anger,
169
,
174
,
195
,
215
,
264
,
312
; fury,
147
,
159
,
164–5
,
166
,
176
; insults and barbs,
13
,
160
,
188
,
259
,
266–7
,
312
; misunderstanding,
175
,
179
,
197
,
200
,
245
,
301
,
313
; US warmth towards Australia,
216
,
243
,
244

and ‘new nationalism' in Australia,
13
,
15
,
212
,
220–1
,
225
,
228
,
233
,
240
,
242
,
249
,
258
,
262
,
267
,
286
,
300
,
301
,
311
; as ‘creative maturity',
262
; and culture,
13