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The secret cold war : the official history of ASIO, 1975-1989 /

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 clandestin...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Blaxland, John Charles, 1963-
Otros Autores: Crawley, Rhys
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Allen & Unwin, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 The Secret Cold War 'The Secret Cold War.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:9781952535482
1952535484