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About this book
Elected governments pose the greatest threat to Australians' security. Political leaders increasingly promote secrecy, ignorance and fear to introduce new laws that undermine individual liberties and magnify the risks of being dragged into a horrific new war for no good reason. 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. The Commonwealth is amassing comprehensive databases on citizens' digital fingerprints and facial recognition characteristics. True? False? 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Preface
- PART 1: THE CLANDESTINE AGENCIES
- PART 2: AN IDEAL PLACE FOR DANGEROUS TESTS AND DANGEROUS BASES
- PART 3: ANZUS: THE TREATY WITHOUT A SECURITY GUARANTEE
- PART 4: THE WHITLAM ERA
- PART 5: AUSTRALIA’S SOVEREIGNTY CLAIMS—THE AMBITIOUS TO THE SUPINE
- PART 6: TRYING TO PLUG THE LEAKS
- PART 7: LIBERTY LOST
- PART 8: THIRTEEN WARS—ONLY ONE A WAR OF NECESSITY FOR AUSTRALIA
- PART 9: NUCLEAR RISKS ARE EVER PRESENT
- PART 10: THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD
- Acknowledgements and Observations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index