Friendly fire : nuclear politics & the collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987

Author/Creator:: Hensley, G. C. (Gerald Christopher)
Publication/Creation:: Auckland, New Zealand : Auckland University Press, 2013
Resource Type:: Book

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Full Title:: Friendly fire : nuclear politics & the collapse of ANZUS, 1984-1987 / Gerald Hensley

Subjects:: Security Treaty between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States of America(1951 September 1)
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear weapons--Government policy--New Zealand
New Zealand--Foreign relations--United States
New Zealand--Politics and government--1972-
United States--Foreign relations--New Zealand

Table of Contents:: Cover; Contents; Preface; Cast of Characters; ONE: New Zealand Adrift; TWO: The Government Changes; THREE: Growing Concerns; FOUR: The Search for a Solution; FIVE: Access Denied; SIX: The Aftershocks; SEVEN: The Excommunication; EIGHT: The Oxford Union Debate; NINE: The Palmer Mission; TEN: The British Step In; ELEVEN: We Part Company; TWELVE: The End of the Argument; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary:: In 1984, the newly elected Labour Government's anti-nuclear policy collided with a United States foreign policy based on nuclear deterrence. After three years of ship visits denied, angry meetings, fraught diplomacy and press conferences, the stand-off led to the unravelling of the ANZUS military alliance, established in 1951. Based on previously classified government records in New Zealand, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, interviews with key protagonists from throughout the world, and the author's own involvement in events, Friendly Fire tells the inside story of the
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (349 p.)
General Note:: Description based upon print version of record.