Spies and sparrows : ASIO and the Cold War /
Spies and sparrows :: ASIO and the Cold War /

This is the untold stories of espionage in Australia. In the wake of the Second World War and the realisation that the Soviet Union had set up extensive espionage networks around the world, Australia responded by establishing its own spy-hunting agency- ASIO. By the 1950s its counterespionage activi...

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1. Verfasser: Deery, Phillip (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Victoria : Melbourne University Publishing, 2022.
Schlagworte:
Australian Security Intelligence Organization > History > 20th century.
Australian Security Intelligence Organization
1900-1999
National security > Australia > History > 20th century.
Espionage > Australia > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Espionnage > Australie > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre froide.
HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
Espionage
National security
Australia
History
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Zusammenfassung:This is the untold stories of espionage in Australia. In the wake of the Second World War and the realisation that the Soviet Union had set up extensive espionage networks around the world, Australia responded by establishing its own spy-hunting agency- ASIO. By the 1950s its counterespionage activities were increasingly supplemented by attempts at countersubversion-identifying individuals and organisations suspected of activities that threatened national security. In doing so, it crossed the boundary from being a professional agency that collected, evaluated and transmitted intelligence, to a sometimes politicised but always shadowy presence, monitoring not just communists but also peace activists, scientists, academics, journalists and writers. The human cost of ASIO's monitoring of domestic dissenters is difficult to measure. It is only through recovering the hidden histories of personal damage inflicted by ASIO on both lawful protesters and, in some cases, its own agents, that the extent can be revealed. By interrogating the roles of eight individuals intimately involved in the conduct of the Cold War, and drawing on many years of research, this book shines a powerful new light on the history of ASIO and raises important and enduring questions about the nature and impact of a state's surveillance of its citizens.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 270 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0522878318
9780522878318
Zugangseinschränkungen:National edeposit: Available onsite until 18 July 2023 at national, state and territory libraries

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