Forward Defence: China, Korea, Malaya and the Communist Threat

Forward defence and the Menzies era. The policy of forward defence and Menzies' leadership in responding to the success of the Communists in China, the Korean War (and Australia's early engagement) and the Malayan Emergency (the Far East Strategic Reserve and Konfrontasi); and the threat of communism as a domestic political force, including the Communist Party Dissolution Bill, the High Court challenge and referendum, the Petrov Affair, the 1954 election and the 1955 ALP/DLP split.