Letters to Australia, Volume 5

Queen Elizabeths visit showed a strong remaining affection for the crown, despite the nations shift of its power alliances to the USA. In the USA, McCarthyism crashed with the discrediting of its leading figure; in Argentina, the autocratic populist movement of Peron came to an end; West Germany continued its spectacular economic growth; and Yugoslavia made a bid for neutrality, weakening the Soviet Unions grip on the Balkan states.