Papers by Augustine Meaher
Journal on Baltic Security, Jun 1, 2015
Oleg Penkovsky was arguably the most valuable intelligence source the West had in the Soviet Unio... more Oleg Penkovsky was arguably the most valuable intelligence source the West had in the Soviet Union. He was certainly its most famous or infamous and one of the most controversial. Jeremy Duns has attempted to resolve the controversies swirling around Penkovsky by making use of many recently declassified documents. Dunn reveals little new about Penkovsky the man, but he does reveal a great deal about the operation and he clears up the lingering questions about the value and authenticity of the secrets Penkovsky gave to the West.
Pacific Historical Review, 2020
Journal on Baltic Security, Dec 1, 2015
Journal of New Zealand & Pacific studies, May 1, 2017
Pan American World Airways' (Pan Am) decision to establish regular air service between the United... more Pan American World Airways' (Pan Am) decision to establish regular air service between the United States and the South Pacific in the 1930s forced Australia and New Zealand to reconsider their position within the Empire and challenged their understanding of the Asia-Pacific. Technological improvements were outpacing the imperial system. The Pacific was no longer a British lake and America threatened to dominate the new and vital air links so valuable to the isolated Dominions. Furthermore, Pan Am was not prepared to proceed at the slow gentlemanly pace that had previously characterized imperial relations. The opening of the air routes to the South Pacific led to diplomatic and military interests in previously all but ignored atolls and reefs in the South Pacific, which thrust New Zealand into the forefront of
<i>A History of Australian Defence and Foreign Policy 1901-1921: Australia and World Crisis 1914-1923 (Vol. 2)</i>, by Neville Meaney
Canadian journal of history, Dec 1, 2011
The road to Singapore: Australian defence and foreign policies 1919-1941
Deposited with permission of the author. © 2008 Dr. Augustine Meaher IVNationalist historians hav... more Deposited with permission of the author. © 2008 Dr. Augustine Meaher IVNationalist historians have argued, variously, that Australia was betrayed by Britain in 1941-42 with the fall of Singapore, and plunged into crisis, or conversely, that the nation was 'armed and ready' for the much feared Japanese invasion. Arguing that neither proposition is true, this thesis establishes that Australia was not armed and ready even for a much feared large-scale Japanese invasion. Nor was the nation ready for the small-scale Japanese attacks which were more probable and which, under Imperial defence, were a local defence responsibility. This thesis explains why Australia was unprepared. It does this by exploring Australian understandings of Imperial defence, assessing Australian responses to international crises 1919-1939, evaluating criticisms of those responses, and analysing the nature of domestic politics. It concludes with a socioeconomic analysis of Australia's key elites - political, military, and industrial.(Open document for complete abstract
Journal of British Studies, Oct 1, 2009
Journal of New Zealand & Pacific Studies, 2017
Pan American World Airways' (Pan Am) decision to establish regular air service between the United... more Pan American World Airways' (Pan Am) decision to establish regular air service between the United States and the South Pacific in the 1930s forced Australia and New Zealand to reconsider their position within the Empire and challenged their understanding of the Asia-Pacific. Technological improvements were outpacing the imperial system. The Pacific was no longer a British lake and America threatened to dominate the new and vital air links so valuable to the isolated Dominions. Furthermore, Pan Am was not prepared to proceed at the slow gentlemanly pace that had previously characterized imperial relations. The opening of the air routes to the South Pacific led to diplomatic and military interests in previously all but ignored atolls and reefs in the South Pacific, which thrust New Zealand into the forefront of
The road to Singapore: Australian defence and foreign policies 1919-1941
Deposited with permission of the author. © 2008 Dr. Augustine Meaher IVNationalist historians hav... more Deposited with permission of the author. © 2008 Dr. Augustine Meaher IVNationalist historians have argued, variously, that Australia was betrayed by Britain in 1941-42 with the fall of Singapore, and plunged into crisis, or conversely, that the nation was 'armed and ready' for the much feared Japanese invasion. Arguing that neither proposition is true, this thesis establishes that Australia was not armed and ready even for a much feared large-scale Japanese invasion. Nor was the nation ready for the small-scale Japanese attacks which were more probable and which, under Imperial defence, were a local defence responsibility. This thesis explains why Australia was unprepared. It does this by exploring Australian understandings of Imperial defence, assessing Australian responses to international crises 1919-1939, evaluating criticisms of those responses, and analysing the nature of domestic politics. It concludes with a socioeconomic analysis of Australia's key elites - political, military, and industrial.(Open document for complete abstract
First World War Studies, 2011
The road to Singapore: Australian defence and foreign policies 1919-1941
The resurrection and collapse of Empire in Habsburg Serbia, 1914–1918
First World War Studies, 2011
Pacific Historical Review
Journal on Baltic Security
Journal on Baltic Security
Oleg Penkovsky was arguably the most valuable intelligence source the West had in the Soviet Unio... more Oleg Penkovsky was arguably the most valuable intelligence source the West had in the Soviet Union. He was certainly its most famous or infamous and one of the most controversial. Jeremy Duns has attempted to resolve the controversies swirling around Penkovsky by making use of many recently declassified documents. Dunn reveals little new about Penkovsky the man, but he does reveal a great deal about the operation and he clears up the lingering questions about the value and authenticity of the secrets Penkovsky gave to the West.
A History of Australian Defence and Foreign Policy 1901-1921: Australia and World Crisis 1914-1923 (Vol. 2), by Neville Meaney.A History of Australian Defence and Foreign Policy 1901-1921: Australia and World Crisis 1914-1923 (Vol. 2), by Neville Meaney. Australia and World Crisis 1914-1923 serie...
Canadian Journal of History
Andrea Benvenuti. Anglo-Australian Relations and the “Turn to Europe.” Royal Historical Society, Studies in History, New Series. Rochester, NY: Royal Historical Society/Boydell Press, 2008. Pp. 215. $95.00 (cloth)
The Journal of British Studies, 2009
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