Secret : the making of Australia's security state / / Brian Toohey

• Autore: Toohey Brian
• Pubblicazione: Carlton, Victoria : , : Melbourne University Publishing, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 pages)
• Disciplina: 320.994
• Soggetto geografico: Australia Politics and government
• Nota di contenuto: The clandestine agencies -- An ideal place for dangerous tests and dangerous bases -- ANZUS : the treaty without a security guarantee -- The Whitlam era -- Australia's sovereignty claims -- the ambititious to the supine -- Trying to plug the leaks -- Liberty lost -- Thirteen wars -- only one a war of necessity for Australia -- Nuclear risks are every present -- The changing of the guard.
• Sommario/riassunto: Australia is less secure than it has ever been and the greatest threat comes from our elected government. Political leaders increasingly promote secrecy, ignorance and fear to introduce new laws that undermine individual liberties and safety. It is a criminal offence to receive or publish a wide range of information unrelated to national security. Our defence weapons are so dependent on US technical support that Australia couldn't defend itself without US involvement. And comprehensive databases on citizens' digital fingerprints and facial recognition characteristics are being amassed by the Commonwealth. Conspiracy? Paranoia? Read Secret- The Making of Australia's Security State and you decide. Fresh archival material and revealing details of conversations between former CIA, US State Department and Australian officials will make you reconsider the world around you.
• Titolo autorizzato: Secret
• ISBN: 0-522-87282-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817280703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II