The spy catchers Volume I : the official history of ASIO, 1949-1963 / David Horner.
Series: The Official history of ASIOPublication details: Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2014.Description: xxvi, 710 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781743319666
- 1743319665
- Spy catchers. Vol. 1 : the official history of ASIO, 1949-1963 [Spine title]
- Petrov, Vladimir Mikha?lovich, 1907-1991
- Petrov, Vladimir Mikhaæilovich, 1907-1991
- Petrov, Evdokia, 1914-2002
- Petrov, Vladimir Mikhaĭlovich, 1907-1991
- Petrov, Evdokia, 1914-2002
- Petrov, Vladimir Mikhaĭlovich, 1907-1991
- Petrov, Evdokia, 1914-2002
- Australian Security Intelligence Organization -- History
- Internal security -- Australia -- History
- Secret service -- Australia -- History
- Internal security -- Australia -- History
- National security -- Australia -- History
- Espionage, Soviet -- Australia
- Secret service -- Australia -- History
- Intelligence service -- Australia -- History
- Internal security -- Australia
- National security -- Australia
- Subversive activities -- Australia
- Espionage -- Australia
- Political parties -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Intelligence service -- Australia
- Communism -- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Australia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- Australia -- History -- 20th century
- Australia -- Politics and goverment -- 20th century
- Australian
- 327.1294 23
- Joint Winner 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 327.129 HOR | Available | 058465 |
Volume 1.
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.
Joint Winner 2015 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History.
