@article{1432492,
      recid = {1432492},
      author = {Chubb, Danielle, and McAllister, Ian,},
      title = {Australian public opinion, defence and foreign policy :  attitudes and trends since 1945 /},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
      abstract = {This book examines the impact of Australian public opinion  towards defence and foreign policy from the mid-twentieth  century to the present day. For most of this period, the  public showed little interest in defence and security  policy and possessed limited knowledge about the strategic  options available. The principal post-war exception to this  pattern is, of course, the Vietnam War, when political  divisions over Australia's support for the U.S.-led action  eventually resulted in the withdrawal of troops in 1972.  The period since 2001 has seen a fundamental change both in  the public's views of defence and foreign affairs, and in  how these issues are debated by political elites. This has  come about as a result of major changes in the strategic  environment such as a heightened public awareness of  terrorism, party political divisions over Australia's  military commitment to the 2003-11 Iraq War and the  increasing overlap of economic and trade considerations  with defence and foreign policies, which has increased the  public's interest in these issues. Combining the expertise  of one of Australia's foremost scholars of public opinion  with that of an expert of international relations,  particularly as pertains to Australia in Asia, this book  will be a critical read for those wishing to understand  Australia's alliance with the U.S., interactions with Asia  and China, and the distinctive challenges posed to  Australia by its geographic position. Danielle Chubb joined  Deakin University, Australia, in 2012 as Lecturer, after  working as a Research Fellow at the Honolulu-based security  studies think tank, Pacific Forum CSIS. She has also worked  as a lecturer at The Australian National University and  Hawaii Pacific University, and as a researcher in the  Australian Parliamentary Library's Social Policy branch.  Danielle completed her Ph. D. at The Australian National  University, in the College of Asia and the Pacific. Ian  McAllister is Distinguished Professor of Political sScience  at the Australian National University. He earned his Ph. D.  in political science in 1976 from University of  Strathclyde. He is a leading election specialist with a  research focus on Australian politics which involves  co-directing the Australian Election Study, a national  survey of political opinion conducted after each federal  election since 1987 at the Australian National University.  He is among Australia's leading political scientists.--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1432492},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7397-2},
}