18. What of the Islands?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. PART I. ON THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA
6. 1. The Area in the World Today 1
7. 2. Australia 9
8. 3. New Zealand 37
9. 4. The Islands 45
10. 5. Antarctica 55
11. PART II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
12. 6. The Area Explored 59
13. 7. The Americans and the Pacific 65
14. 8. The United States and the Southwest Pacific to 1816 70
15. 9. Sealing . . . Whaling . . . Guano . . . Gold .. .Trade . . . 83
16. 10. Economics, Technology, Ideology: 1865-1940 104
17. 11. The United States Acquires Territory in the Southwest Pacific 119
18. 12. White Australia, The Islands, Versailles, the Washington Conference 131
19. 13. Australia Seeks a Foreign Policy 147
20. PART III. WORLD WAR II AND AFTER
21. 14. Toward United States - Australian Collaboration 165
22. 15. Labour Directs Australia's Foreign Policy 188
23. 16. The Conservatives Direct Australia's Foreign Policy 206
24. 17. New Zealand's Position 230
25. 18. What of the Islands? 236
26. 19. Antarctica 240
27. 20. Final Thoughts 248
28. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 253
29. INDEX 267