Letters to Australia
Letters to Australia, Volume 5: Essays from 1954–1955, Volume 5 Edition
Paperback (B-format paperback UK (198x129mm)) | Oct 2019 | Sydney University Press | 9781743326107 | 288pp | 250x176mm | GEN | AUD$50.00, NZD$59.99
Queen Elizabeth's visit showed a strong remaining affection for the crown, despite the nation's shift of its power alliances to the USA. In the USA, McCarthyism crashed with the discrediting of its leading figure; in Argentina the autocratic populist movement of Peron came to an end; West Germany continued its spectacular economic growth; and Yugoslavia made a bid for neutrality, weakening the Soviet Union's grip on the Balkan states.