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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825357703321

Autore

Fahey John

Titolo

Traitors and spies : espionage and corruption in high places in Australia, 1901-50 / / John Fahey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney : , : Allen & Unwin, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-76106-001-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 436 pages)

Disciplina

327.1294

Soggetti

Intelligence service - Australia

Australia Politics and govenment 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : security intelligence in Australia, 1901-50 -- Keeping Australia white -- War, security, political subterfuge and corruption -- Utopia and its agents -- Unwanted and unloved -- security intelligence, 1919-39 -- Persons of interest, 1919-39 -- What? Again? 1939 and war -- 1940 -- the fifth column panic -- The Mawhood mystery -- The battle of the reports -- The Wartime Security Service -- The serpent in the sacristy -- R.F.B. Wake -- Dagoes, wogs and pommies -- Jehovah's Witnesses -- the enemy within? -- Sad, mad and bad -- the abuse of the AFM -- Russia's intelligence services and their work -- The KLOD Organisation -- Walter Clayton and the CP-A -- The Melbourne connection -- Are we in Hell? The fruits of inaction -- A way back -- Sunlight -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Dozens of Russian anarchists, socialists and communists arrived in Australia from 1905, fleeing repression in their homeland. Finding work in the Queensland cane fields, Russian activists recruited in working men's groups for their revolutionary cause, laying the foundations for infiltration by Soviet intelligence services of the unions and Communist Party of Australia decades later. This is just one of the many fascinating stories former intelligence officer John Fahey has uncovered in the archives of Australia, MI5 and the CIA. He shows that Australia was under sustained attack from external threats as early as 1908, threats the country consistently failed to address effectively. He identifies the



first German spy in Australia, as well as a highly respected Jewish businessman in Melbourne who was a Soviet agent, and an Australian woman who worked for Soviet military intelligence in the US. Internal security work is dirty work, never more than when ruthless politicians and police use intelligence services for their own ends. Fahey has discovered old boys' networks at the highest levels enabled security agencies to spy on members of parliament and other bureaucrats, mislead judicial inquiries, and persecute innocent citizens in the interwar years. Traitors and Spies tells the story of Australia's intelligence operations before ASIO was established, and reveals a dark side of Australian politics in the first half of the 20th century.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954126203321

Autore

Park Abraham

Titolo

The covenant of the torch : a forgotten encounter in the history of the Exodus and wilderness journey / / Abraham Park

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore, : Periplus Editions

North Clarendon, Vt., : Distributed by Tuttle Pub., c2010

ISBN

1-283-26248-7

9786613262486

1-4629-0207-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (375 p.)

Collana

God's administration in the history of redemption ; ; bk. 2

Disciplina

231.7/6

Soggetti

Exodus, The

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p.345-346) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The covenant of the torch and God's administration in the history of redemption -- pt. 2. The covenant of the torch and the four generations -- pt. 3. The history of the patriarchs -- pt. 4. The history of the Exodus until the conquest of Canaan -- pt. 5. The fulfillment of the covenant.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, Rev. Abraham Park brings to life the "Covenant of the Torch" made with Abraham, and helps us to understand-accurately,



and in chronological detail-692 years of redemptive history starting from Abraham, including the great exodus, the wilderness journey and theconquest of Canaan.Just as his The Genesis Genealogies has helped readers to better understand the time frames and relationships in the Book of Genesis, Rev. Park now helps us to carefully study the books of Exodus up to Joshua, and to realize what those events and participants tell us regarding God's