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Dancing with warriors, a diplomatic memoir, Philip Flood

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-364) and index

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Dancing with warriors

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Philip Flood

a diplomatic memoir

Dancing with Warriors is Philip Flood's memoir of his fifty years working in Australian foreign and trade policy. He is the only person to have headed the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Office of National Assessments and the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau

1. A change of direction -- 2. Ithaca far away -- 3. A young city and a Federation Department: Canberra, Tange and Casey -- 4. Leopold's country: a mission to the EEC -- 5. In the presence of a Mandarin: the Department under Sir Arthur Tange -- 6. A Royal Hunting Lodge in Paris: encounters with the OECD -- 7. Four years in Head Office: from McMahon, and accession to the OECD, to Whitlam, Japan and China -- 8. Gipsy Wharf: High Commissioner to a new nation -- 9. Ford, Carter and the Fourth of July: Post-Nixon Washington -- 10. Trade negotiations: Fraser, Anthony, Howard and the STR - breakthroughs with the EEC -- 11. Australia and New Zealand: the path to closer economic relations -- 12. Return to foreign policy: the Hawke-Hayden years -- 13. An ancient neighbour and a key regional relationship: Ambassador to Suharto's Indonesia -- 14. We are just map-makers: The Evans Plan for Cambodia -- 15. East Timor: Australia responds to the Dili Massacre -- 16. Strengthening relations: aid projects, and a visit by Keating to Jakarta -- 17. Foreign aid and beyond: AusAID and ONA -- 18. A place at the tip: working with Howard, Downer and Fischer -- 19. New Britain: High Commissioner in London -- 20. Royal engagement, and a referendum in Australia -- 21. Centenary of Federation: celebrating Australia -- 22. Reflection