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'Rawdon Dalrymple offers a very perceptive and well founded analysis of Australia's policies towards East Asia over the past twenty years. Having served as Australian ambassador to Japan, the United States and Indonesia over twelve years he is extremely well informed on his subject. He offers trenchant and sometimes discomforting views on the consequences of Australian foreign policy for Australia's relationship with East Asia in particular. He lets the reader in on many of Canberra's secrets as to who did what and why. Well written, the book is hard to put down before the last page is reached.' Professor Robert O'Neill, University of Oxford, UK 'Dalrymple addresses Australia's biggest Foreign Policy issue authoritatively and with profound insight. The story of a hundred years of ignoring and attempting to reconcile the tension between this country's history and geography leads into the great challenges ahead. A splendid book in the best tradition of the top diplomat as reflective author.' Professor Ross Garnaut , Australian National University, Australia 'A joy to read...The author's insights are penetrating...This book is destined to be a CLASSIC. It really is a piece of first-rate scholarship and writing.' Dennis Rumley, Associate Professor, University of Western Australia, Australia '....an excellent book...worth reading...' www.wesleymission.org.au 'Rawdon Dalrymple had a distinguished diplomatic career...This is a thought-provoking book.' New Zealand International Review 'Dalrymple's book makes clear that we have no choice but to achieve a closer engagement with the Asian region, and it is the type of serious scholarly reflection that will be an outstanding resource for those who have the task of formulating new strategies.' Agenda