The inside account of Australia's national intelligence organisation as it grappled with continuing espionage from foreign agents and the rise of terrorist attacks on Australian soil during the years of the Fraser and Hawke governments. This is the third and final volume of the Official History of ASIO.
The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Bloc didn't end with detente in 1975: it just went underground. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tensions between the superpowers continued to play out across the world.
Until now, few would have known of the surprising extent of clandestine operations in Australia by foreign intelligence operatives and the violence-prone activities of local extremist groups from the Middle East, Armenia and Croatia in the 1970s and 1980s. Meanwhile, prompted by probing royal commissions and reviews, ASIO was being systematically transformed into a modern intelligence organisation.
The Secret Cold War uncovers behind the scenes stories of the Hilton bombing in Sydney, assassinations of diplomats, the Combe-Ivanov affair, and the new threat from China. It reveals that KGB officers were able to recruit and run agents in Australia for many years, and it follows ASIO's own investigations into persistent allegations of penetration by Soviet moles.
The Secret Cold War is the third and final volume of The Official History of ASIO.
By:
John Blaxland,
Rhys Crawley
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions:
Height: 232mm,
Width: 153mm,
Spine: 43mm
Weight: 765g
ISBN: 9781760297428
ISBN 10: 1760297429
Publication Date: 26 April 2017
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Figures and Tables Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary Chronology Introduction Part 1 ASIO during the Fraser Years, 1975-1983 11 1. Hope for a New Beginning: Responding to New Leadership and the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security, 1975-1983 2. Woodward Makes His Mark: Restructuring and Refocusing, 1976-1983 3. Personnel: The Crucial Resource, 1975-1983 4. Confronting a New Face in Terrorism: Responding to the Ananda Marga, 1977-1983 5. Combating Terrorism: Developing Mechanisms for Dealing with Politically Motivated Violence and Terrorism, 1975-1983 6. Terrorism from Overseas: ASIO's Counterterrorism Targets, 1975-1983 7. Monitoring Fractious Revolutionaries: Counter-subversion, 1975-1983 8. Vetting, Assessing and Advising: Protective Security, 1975-1983 9. Chasing Shadows: Investigating the Soviets, 1975-1983 10. Managing Competing Priorities: Countering Non-Soviet Espionage, 1975-1983 Part 2 ASIO during the Hawke Years, 1983-1989 11. The Combe-Ivanov Affair: ASIO's Startling Welcome for Hawke, 1983 12. Working in ASIO: Life Inside ASIO during the Second Hope Royal Commission, 1983-1985 13. Implementing Hope: Reform and Organisational Change under Harvey Barnett 14. Moving and Shaking: ASIO under Alan Wrigley and John Moten, 1985-1989 15. A Conceptual Shift: Developing New Approaches to Subversion and Terrorism, 1983-1989 16. Politically Motivated Violence: Countering Terrorism and 'Identity Extremism', 1983-1989 17. Protective Security: New Approaches for Changing Times, 1983-1989 18. Mixed Counterespionage Strategies: Counterespionage During the Hawke Government, 1983-1989 19. Looking for Moles: Counterintelligence and the Penetration of ASIO, 1975-1989 Conclusion: Reflections on ASIO and the End of the Cold War Acknowledgements Bibliography Notes Index
Reviews for The Official History of ASIO: Volume 3: 1976-1989: The Secret Cold War
This is one of our most important official histories -- The Hon. Kim Beazley - AC * Australian Ambassador to the United States of America *
