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Australia and the Middle East: A Front-Line Relationship
Fethi Mansouri
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Description for Australia and the Middle East: A Front-Line Relationship
Paperback. Traces the nature of the Australia-Middle East relationship, from an insular 'White Australia' ideology through to the global impact of September 11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the menacing terror threat that has arrived on its own doorstep. Editor(s): Mansouri, Fethi. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1MBF; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 364.
Australia's encounters with the Middle East have historically been defined initially through its membership of the British Empire, later as a key Commonwealth player and more recently through Australia's close strategic relationship with the US. This book traces the nature of the Australia-Middle East relationship, from an insular 'White Australia' ideology through to the global impact of September 11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the new and menacing terror threat that has arrived on its own doorstep. A comprehensive analysis of this complex relationship provides an essential basis for understanding past encounters, evaluating present policies and developing a ... Read more
Australia's encounters with the Middle East have historically been defined initially through its membership of the British Empire, later as a key Commonwealth player and more recently through Australia's close strategic relationship with the US. This book traces the nature of the Australia-Middle East relationship, from an insular 'White Australia' ideology through to the global impact of September 11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the new and menacing terror threat that has arrived on its own doorstep. A comprehensive analysis of this complex relationship provides an essential basis for understanding past encounters, evaluating present policies and developing a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848859685
SKU
V9781848859685
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About Fethi Mansouri
Fethi Mansouri is Associate Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at Deakin University. He is the Project Group chair of the Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation and the founding Convenor of the Refugee Studies Group. He is co-author of Lives in Limbo.
Reviews for Australia and the Middle East: A Front-Line Relationship
"'Timely and well written...coherent and illuminating. While Australia's Middle East engagement has grown in importance and intensity, and has gone through different phases over the last five decades, there has been limited analysis of the engagement. This book goes a long way to fill the gap.' (Amin Saikal, Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East ... Read more