摘要:There’s a saying about the Cold War. ‘The right side lost, but the wrong side won.’ This is the attitude of most Australians writing about their country’s foreign policy. This is not to say that it’s the attitude of most Australians. It’s just that in this country practically anyone who puts pen to paper about international affairs comes from an instinctively anti-American position. What passes for foreign policy analysis is usually little more than a recounting of America’s sins, which are variations on a theme: America is too rich, America is too unilateralist, or America is too imperial.