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We Now Know - How Australia went to war in Vietnam |
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Garry Woodard, University of Melbourne Senior Fellow in Political Science |
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We Now Know - How Australia went to war in Vietnam
Garry Woodard in conversation with Joe Siracusa
Thursday, August 10
Australias involvement in the Vietnam War prompted debate, division and discord in Australian society. University of Melbourne Senior Fellow in Political Science Garry Woodard has delved through the files of the Department of External Affairs to uncover the truth about how Australia went to war in Vietnam.
His 2004 book Asian Alternatives: Australia's Vietnam Decision and Lessons on going to War has recently been reissued by Melbourne University Press. In it, he argues that Australia's involvement in Vietnam was not predetermined and that there were other priorities in South East Asia which should have taken preference. In a recent appendix, Garry looks at lesson we can learn from Vietnam setting out fifty features of decision-making on going to war in Vietnam which seem consistent with recent history in regard to Iraq.
RMIT Associate Professor Joseph Siracusa teaches International Relations and Security and Diplomacy at RMIT. A graduate of American Universities, he has lived and taught in Australia for thirty-three years and has recently published Real-World Nuclear Deterrence The Making of International Strategy (Pub. Praeger 2006).
Asialink is pleased to present this unique opportunity to hear two foremost experts in international politics discuss what we now know about deciding to go to war in Vietnam, draw comparisons with Iraq and lessons for the future.
Presented in conjunction with Melbourne University Press.
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