论战后英澳关系(20世纪40年代至70年代).pdfVIP

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AACCKKNNOOWWLLEEDDGGEEMMEENNTTSS First and foremost, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Professor Hou Minyue for his patient and prudent guidance in my personal comprehensive development during the past three years. My supervisor’s precious assistance and guidance in conducting this study greatly facilitatedthecompletion ofthedissertation. I also want to express my great appreciation to the Australian Study Centre, which provided me with great help and valuable assistance formy three-yearstudy. Great thanks go to ProfessorKarl Bridge and DoctorIanHendersonfromthe Menzies Centre at King’s College London. They gave me not only important suggestions on how to carry on this academic study, but also recommended a good number of crucial documents related to the study. With their help and instructions, I was offered the access to the Library of Institute of Historical Research at the University of London, which enabled me to obtainawide range ofusefulacademic volumes. The UK-China Graduate Work Experience Programme deserves a special applaud. Without this Programme, I would not have been inspired to study Britain’s relations with Australia. Given the very limited resources referring to this topic in mainland China, the completion of theresearch could have been more difficult in the absence of theProgramme. Last but notleast,I am indebted to all theotherstaff in theEnglish Department atEast China Normal University (ECNU) for their insightful and instructive lectures during my three-yearpostgraduatestudyatECNU. i 论 文 摘 要 孤立于大洋洲上的澳大利亚长期以来习惯了依仗其远在他乡的母国——大英帝 国，曾几何时，为了维系英澳关系，澳大利亚可谓不遗余力。然而，所有的这些 努力似乎并没有获得澳大利亚的预期目标。第二次世界大战的爆发成为影响英澳 关系大转折的催化剂。面对大英帝国的衰败、英国为积极加入欧洲经济联盟而放 弃英联邦国家的利益等等，使得原本亲密无间的英澳关系严重受挫。尽管澳大利 亚表现出种种迟疑和不舍，为了自救，澳大利亚不得不舍弃“一