Traitors and Spies
Subtitle: Espionage and Corruption in High Places in Australia, 1901-50
By: John Fahey
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Crows Nest, NSW
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781761060014
Subjects: Intelligence service; History; Espionage; Corruption; World War, 1939-1945; Secret service; Military intelligence; Politics and government; Service des renseignements; Histoire; Espionnage; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Service secret; Service des renseignements militaires; Politique et gouvernement
Description: The history of Australia's intelligence operations in the early 20th century reveals the dark underside of Australian politics, including early infiltration by Russian agents, persecution of innocent civilians, and corruption, right up to the prime minister's office.
Notes: BIBLIOGRAPHY-INDEX
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: About the Author; title: Praise; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Dedication; title: CONTENTS; title: LIST OF FIGURES; title: PREFACE; title: INTRODUCTION: SECURITY INTELLIGENCE IN AUSTRALIA, 1901-50; title: CHAPTER 1: KEEPING AUSTRALIA WHITE; title: CHAPTER 2: WAR, SECURITY, POLITICAL SUBTERFUGE AND CORRUPTION; title: CHAPTER 3: UTOPIA AND ITS AGENTS; title: CHAPTER 4: UNWANTED AND UNLOVED-SECURITY INTELLIGENCE, 1919-39; title: CHAPTER 5: PERSONS OF INTEREST, 1919-39; title: CHAPTER 6: WHAT? AGAIN? 1939 AND WAR; title: CHAPTER 7: 1940-THE FIFTH COLUMN PANIC; title: CHAPTER 8: THE MAWHOOD MYSTERY; title: CHAPTER 9: THE BATTLE OF THE REPORTS; title: CHAPTER 10: THE WARTIME SECURITY SERVICE; title: CHAPTER 11: THE SERPENT IN THE SACRISTY-R.F.B. WAKE; title: CHAPTER 12: DAGOES, WOGS AND POMMIES; title: CHAPTER 13: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES-THE ENEMY WITHIN?; title: CHAPTER 14: SAD, MAD AND BAD-THE ABUSE OF THE AFM; title: CHAPTER 15: RUSSIA'S INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND THEIR WORK; title: CHAPTER 16: THE KLOD ORGANISATION-WALTER CLAYTON AND THE CP-A; title: CHAPTER 17: THE MELBOURNE CONNECTION; title: CHAPTER 18: ARE WE IN HELL? THE FRUITS OF INACTION; title: CHAPTER 19: A WAY BACK; title: CHAPTER 20: SUNLIGHT; title: CONCLUSION; title: PICTURE SECTION; title: ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; title: ABBREVIATIONS; title: GLOSSARY; title: NOTES