Japan in the western Pacific -- Geographical notions of Australia -- Return to the western Pacific -- Japanese visitors' perceptions of Australia -- Japan's 'southward advance' school of thought -- White Australia, and a shield forged -- Relations during and after World War I -- Consolidation in the western Pacific -- 'The empire will go south' -- To invade or not to invade Australia -- A fleeting moment of truth and fiction
Notes
Simultaneously published: Melbourne University Press, 1991
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-294) and index