Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Spy CatchersCondition: NewSubtitle: The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963ISBN-10: 1743319665EAN: 9781743319666ISBN: 9781743319666Publisher: Allen & UnwinFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 10/07/2014Description: 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 counterespionage, 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. The Spy Catchers is the first of three volumes of The Official History of ASIO.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: AUItem Height: 243mmItem Length: 163mmItem Width: 49mmItem Weight: 1300gAuthor: David HornerGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2014 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Spy Catchers
Title: The Spy Catchers
Subtitle: The Official History of ASIO, 1949-1963
ISBN-10: 1743319665
EAN: 9781743319666
ISBN: 9781743319666
Release Date: 10/07/2014
Release Year: 2014
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Book Title: Spy Catchers : the Official History of Asio Volume 1
Number of Pages: 735 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Topic: Australia & New Zealand, Criminology
Item Height: 1.7 in
Publication Year: 2014
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Social Science, History
Item Weight: 45.9 Oz
Author: David Horner
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Hardcover
