| Main Title: |
The spy catchers: the official history of ASIO, 1949-1963, Volume 1 / David Horner. |
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| Author: |
Horner, D. M. (David Murray), 1948-
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| Imprint: |
Allen & Unwin, 2014. |
| Collation: |
xxvi, 710 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, hardback ; 24 cm. |
| Summary: |
Volume 1 . The spy catchers --
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, Vladimir Mikhailovich, 1907-1991
Petrov, Evdokia, 1914-2002
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
Secret police
Spies
Espionage
Petrov affair
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| Series: |
The official history of ASIO, 1;
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| ISBN: |
9781743319666 1743319665 |
| Notes: |
"The spy catchers' is the first of three volumes of 'The official history of ASIO"--Inside dust jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-676) and index.
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| Added Title: |
The Official history of ASIO
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