From Cold War Solidarity to Transactional Engagement.

The article talks about the history of Australia's Cold War engagement with East Asia during 1950 to 1974. Topics discussed include Canberra's Cold War policy of forward defence in Southeast Asia, the security treaty of Australia, New Zealand, United States (ANZUS) signed in 1951, and the Australian governments efforts through the1950s and 1960s to keep the British and Americans militarily engaged in Southeast Asia.