The Factory : The Official History of the Australian Signals Directorate, Vol 1.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fahey, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence officers--Australia--History--20th century.

Intelligence officers.

Intelligence service--Australia--History--20th century.

Intelligence service.

National security--Australia--History--20th century.

National security.

Espionage--Australia--History--20th century.

Espionage.

Australia--Foreign relations--20th century.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2023.

Summary:

The story of the first 25 years of Australia's national signals intelligence organisation, told for the first time. 'This story has never been told, because in the secret world we could not, and cannot, share what we do all day, even with family and loved ones.' - from the foreword by Rachel Noble, Director-General, Australian Signals Directorate At the end of World War II, it was clear that the nation must never again find itself entering a major war without a national intelligence capability. The Factory tells the story of how Australia's talented signals intelligence amateurs took an ad hoc wartime organisation and made it a national agency that became a highly regarded member of the 'five eyes' signals intelligence system. Founded in 1947 as the Defence Signals Branch, the organisation built upon the foundations put in place by the interwar Royal Australian Navy and wartime signals intelligence agencies, particularly Central Bureau Brisbane, which comprised personnel from all five eyes nations. Today's Australian Signals Directorate continues the work of protecting the interests of the nation and its allies. This is the story of the people who did the everyday work of capturing and analysing foreign signals. It reveals how they approached the complexity of world politics and managed massive technological change, from the days of radio transmissions to high-capacity machine systems and computing during the Vietnam War.

Contents:

Chapter 1 First Steps

Chapter 2 Australian Signals Intelligence, 1901 To 1939

Chapter 3 Serving The Nation

Chapter 4 The Royal Australian Navy,The Wrans And Frumel

Chapter 5 Central Bureau At War: People And Politics

Chapter 6 War: In The Ears Of The Operators

Chapter 7 Central Bureau's Work

Chapter 8 Saving Capability

Chapter 9 The Case And Australian Signals Intelligence

Chapter 10 High Policy

Chapter 11 The Ukusa Agreement

Chapter 12 Moving Forward

Chapter 13 Korea

Chapter 14 Growing Capability In The Early 1950s

Chapter 15 Communism, Russia And China

Chapter 16 Malaya And The Emergency

Chapter 17 Indonesia And Konfrontasi

Chapter 18 Vietnam

Chapter 19 The Future Breathing Down Your Neck.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781761186196

1761186191

OCLC:

1370499161