Spooked: The Truth about Intelligence in Australia
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Description for Spooked: The Truth about Intelligence in Australia
Paperback. Editor(s): Baldino, Daniel. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 348.
Terrorist acts, most notably 9/11 and the Bali bombings, transformed attitudes to the secretive world of intelligence, surveillance and security.
In this book a prominent group of writers including Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly and Peter Leahy lay bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11 Australia.
Their compelling book cuts through panic and fear-mongering to ask hard questions: Is ASIO unaccountable? Is the money spent on security worth it? Is cyber-terrorism an urgent threat? Are Australia’s spies up to the job? Is WikiLeaks good for human rights? Are Australians trading their privacy for ... Read more
Terrorist acts, most notably 9/11 and the Bali bombings, transformed attitudes to the secretive world of intelligence, surveillance and security.
In this book a prominent group of writers including Michael Mori, Ben Saul, Anne Aly and Peter Leahy lay bare the facts about spying and security in post-9/11 Australia.
Their compelling book cuts through panic and fear-mongering to ask hard questions: Is ASIO unaccountable? Is the money spent on security worth it? Is cyber-terrorism an urgent threat? Are Australia’s spies up to the job? Is WikiLeaks good for human rights? Are Australians trading their privacy for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742233888
SKU
V9781742233888
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Ref
99-1
About Baldino
Daniel Baldino is a political scientist specialising in international relations, Australian foreign policy and US national security strategy at the University of Notre Dame, Freemantle, Australia.
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