Historians have long claimed that a tradition of fear of Japan dominated Australian thinking about foreign affairs and defense after Japan's defeat of Russia in 1905 and that this fear remained widespread throughout the Australian population until the Pacific War. This study of Australian reporting on Japan challenges that claim by exposing a culture of state censorship, intimidation of the media, and neglect of official public discussion of foreign...
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Asia Australia Australia & Oceania Communication & Journalism History International Relations Japan Journalism Journalism & Nonfiction Language Arts Middle East Military Modern (16th-21st Centuries) New Zealand Political History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Singapore World World War II Writing