Documents on Australian Foreign Policy: Australia and the World, 1920-1930

By James Cotton

When Australia became a foundation member of the League of Nations in 1919, our engagement with the world moved beyond the familiar confines of the British Empire. Leaders and officials had to grapple with conceiving and formulating a foreign policy that would be scrutinised by the new global institutions at Geneva. Meanwhile, in relations with London and as a consequence of World War One, Australia's position was in transition as the that Empire transformed into an association of autonomous communities' according to the Balfour formula of 1926. This volume charts and documents the first decade of these efforts. This volume, commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the Documents on Australian Foreign Policy series, is the first comprehensive survey of Australia's approach to the world in the 1920s. It is based on a thorough review of archival materials and includes many items not previously accessible or discussed in the historical literature. Framed by extended editorial essays, it provides the evidence necessary to review the evolving relationship with London and to reassess the contributions of prime ministers W. M. Hughes, S. M. Bruce and James Scullin. It also contains the first representative survey of the contribution of officials to policy formulation, and documents important initiatives in foreign and trade policy.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Jul 1, 2020
• ISBN: 9781742249049

James Cotton

Novelist. Currently working on my series, Summers Run: An American Boyhood, set in contemporary Pennsylvania. A "feel good" read from where I was raised. Return to Summers Run will be published soon.Interests include country living and lifestyles, rural themes and issues, family farms, sustainable agriculture, Little League baseball, grandparenting, birdwatching, back roads, and books relating to interesting firearms, the "new west", outdoor activities and treks/travel, child actors of the past. Like art featuring landscapes, Americana, American primitive/outsider art. Musical tastes include classical, new age, and bluegrass.Former editor of farm magazines and a livestock photographer. I maintain a website at www.alongcountryroads.com and blogs at http://summersrun.wordpress.com and afeelgoodnovel.blogspot.comI collect diecast vehicles related to farming, and enjoy cooking, carpentry, and home improvement. My wife and I live in the Bitterroot Valley of Montana. We have four sons and two grandchildren.

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