Naval War College Review
Abstract
On 1 September 1951, representatives of Australia , New Zealand , and the United States met in San Fran cisco to sign a treaty of alliance commonly known as the Anzus pact.1 The signing ceremony had been preceded by two years of sporadic negotiations during which the Australians had pressed hard for joint military planning and discu ssion of global strategy. The Americans, however, had been determined to limit formal security arrangements to the minimum necessary to win the consent of their negotiating partners to the relatively mild peace treaty the United States intended to sign with Japan.2 The American view prevailed, and Anzus thus came into being with a council charged with considering matters related to the implementation of the treaty but with no standing military organization and no integrated military force.
Recommended Citation
Thies, Wallace J. and Harris, James D.
(1993)
"An Alliance Unravels,"
Naval War College Review: Vol. 46:
No.
3, Article 8.
Available at:
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol46/iss3/8