Overview

By 1963, Robert Menzies had been prime minister for thirteen years, Australia had its first troops in Vietnam, and change was in the air. There would soon be street protests over women's rights, Aboriginal land rights and the Vietnam War, and unprecedented student activism. With the Cold War lingering, ASIO was concerned that protests were being orchestrated to foment revolution. The Protest Years tells the inside story of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation from the last of the Menzies years to the dismissal of the Whitlam government. With unrestricted access to ASIO's internal files, and extensive interviews with insiders, for the first time the circumstances surrounding the alleged role of ASIO in the demise of the Whitlam Government are revealed, and the question of the CIA's involvement in Australia is explored. The extraordinary background to the raid on ASIO headquarters in Melbourne by Attorney-General Lionel Murphy, and Australia's efforts at countering Soviet bloc espionage, as well as the sensitive intelligence activities in South Vietnam, are exposed. The Protest Years is the second of three volumes of The Official History of ASIO. 'John Blaxland...provides a compelling account of ASIO's activities - glorious and otherwise - from the end of the Menzies era through to Whitlam's dismissal.' Laura Tingle, Australian Financial Review

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Author:   John Blaxland
Publisher:   Allen & Unwin
Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Volume:   2
Weight:   0.804kg
ISBN:  

9781760294182

ISBN 10:   1760294187
Pages:   592
Publication Date:   28 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables Preface Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary Chronology Introduction PART 1: ASIO DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, 1963-1972 1. The Challenge of Adolescence: ASIO's Growing Pains, 1963-1972 2. Shaping and Influencing: ASIO, Politics and the Media, 1963-1972 3. Listening and Watching: Human Intelligence Techniques and Procedures, 1963-1972 4. Tracking 'Revolutionaries': Counter-subversion Operations, 1963-1972 5. The Rise of Terrorism: Croatian Emigres and Counter-subversion, 1963-1972 6. Grappling with Dissent: Anti-Vietnam War Protests, 1963-1972 7. Refining the Methods: Counterespionage Techniques and Threats, 1963-1972 8. Looking for Leads: Counterespionage Operations against the Soviets, 1963-1972 9. Monitoring the Rest: Counterespionage and non-Soviet Targets, 1963-1972 10. Vetting and Advising: Protective Security, 1963-1972 PART 2: INTERNATIONAL AND OVERSEAS ENGAGEMENT, 1963-1975 11. Operations Far and Wide: ASIO's Foreign and Overseas Connections, 1963-1972 12. Australia's Cold War Frontline: ASIO in Papua New Guinea, 1962-1975 by Rhys Crawley PART 3: ASIO AND THE WHITLAM YEARS, 1972-1975 13. Whitlam, Murphy and the 'Raid': Turbulent Times, 1972-1973 14. Beyond the Murphy Raid: ASIO in Turmoil, 1972-1975 15. Responding to New Priorities: Countersubversion and Counterterrorism, 1973-1975 16. Multiplying Targets: Counterespionage, 1973-1975 17. Changing the Rules: Protective Security, 1973-1974 18. ASIO on the Brink: The Last Days of the Whitlam Government, 1974-1975 Conclusion: Reflections on ASIO in Transition Bibliography Notes Index

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John Blaxland is a Senior Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University and a former Director of Joint Intelligence Operations at Headquarters Joint Operations Command. He is also co-author of the third volume in the Official History of ASIO series, The Secret Cold War.

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