Dr John Fahey worked at Defence Signals Directorate and served in regimental and intelligence postings in the British and Australian armies. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University and the author of Australia's First Spies.
'An absorbing account of a half century of Australian espionage, written in a conversational manner, in which a range of curious characters come to life' - The Australian '[A] scathing analysis of the uneven and unsuccessful efforts to develop an effective Australian security and intelligence service before 1950' - Inside Story