This history of Australia's highly secret Security Intelligence Organization starts with its establishment in the early days of the Cold War. Like most intelligence organizations working in covert conditions, it exceeded the vague powers entrusted to it. It has been the subject of two Royal Commissions in Australia and several act of Parliament have aimed to make it more accountable to the Australian Government and its citizens.
This history of Australia's highly secret Security Intelligence Organization starts with its establishment in the early days of the Cold War. Like mos...
That America was drawn into the Vietnam War by the French has been recognized, but rarely explored. This book analyzes the years from 1945 with the French military reconquest of Vietnam until 1963 with the execution of the French-endorsed dictator, Ngo Dinh Diem, demonstrating how the US should not have followed the French into Vietnam. It shows how the Korean War triggered the flow of American military hardware and finances to underpin France’s war against the Marxist-oriented Vietnam Republic led by Ho Chi Minh.
That America was drawn into the Vietnam War by the French has been recognized, but rarely explored. This book analyzes the years from 1945 with the Fr...
