| Descript. |
volumes : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
"'The spy catchers' is the first of three volumes of 'The official history of ASIO'"-- Inside dust jacket. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-676) and index. |
| Notes |
Volume 1. Spy catchers, 1949-1963 / D.M. Horner -- volume 2. The protest years, 1963-1975 / John Blaxland -- The secret cold war, 1975-1989 / John Blaxland & Rhys Crawley. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Federation to the Cold War, 1901-1949 -- Part 2. Establishment and consolidation, 1949-1954 -- Part 3. Petrov and the Royal Commission, 1951-1955 -- Part 4. Expansion and professionalism, 1956-1963. |
| Summary |
For the first time, ASIO has opened its archives to an independent historian. With unfettered access to the records, David Horner tells the real story of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation, from shaky beginnings to the expulsion of Ivan Skripov in 1963. From the start, ASIO's mission was to catch spies. In the late 1940s, the top secret Venona program revealed details of a Soviet spy ring in Australia, supported by leading Australian communists. David Horner outlines the tactics ASIO used in counter-espionage, from embassy bugging to surveillance of local suspects. His research sheds new light on the Petrov Affair, and details incidents and activities that have never been revealed before. This authoritative and ground-breaking account overturns many myths about ASIO, and offers new insights into broader Australian politics and society in the fraught years of the Cold War. |
| Subject |
Petrov, Evdokia, 1914-2002.
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Petrov, Vladimir Mikhalovich, 1907-1991.
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Australian Security Intelligence Organization -- History.
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Internal security -- Australia.
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National security -- Australia.
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Intelligence service -- Australia.
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Subversive activities -- Australia.
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Espionage -- Australia.
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Political parties -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Communism -- Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Internal security -- Australia -- History.
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Secret service -- Australia -- History.
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National security -- Australia -- History.
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Espionage, Soviet -- Australia.
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Intelligence service -- Australia -- History.
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Australia -- Politics and goverment -- 20th century.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Australia -- History -- 20th century.
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| Other Author |
Horner, D. M. (David Murray), 1948-.
Spy catchers,
author.
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Blaxland, J. C. (John Charles), 1963-.
Protest years,
author.
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| Other Title |
Spy catchers. Volume 1 : the official history of ASIO, 1949-1963. |
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Official history of Australian Security Intelligence Organization, 1963 -1975. |
| ISBN |
9781743319666 |
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1743319665 |
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