We mostly think of the Cold War in terms of the tense nuclear stand-off between the US and the Soviet Union in the 1960s, and the wars fought against communism in Korea and Vietnam. But the period of detente, from 1975 to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, witnessed an intensification of tensions between the superpowers. Few are aware of the extent of clandestine operations in Australia by intelligence operatives from Communist countries and the actions of local extremist groups such as the Ananda Marga, and groups from the Middle East, Armenia and Croatia. This book reveals the behind the scenes stories of the Hilton bombing in Sydney of 1978, and the Combe/Ivanov affair. It also covers the impact on ASIO of the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security, and the penetration of ASIO by the Soviet bloc.
Chapter 2. Woodward Makes His Mark: Restructuring and Refocusing, 1976–1983
Chapter 3. Personnel: The Crucial Resource, 1975–1983
Chapter 4. Confronting a New Face in Terrorism: Responding to the Ananda Marga, 1977–1983
Chapter 6. Terrorism from Overseas: ASIO’s Counterterrorism Targets, 1975–1983
Chapter 7. Monitoring Fractious Revolutionaries: Counter-subversion, 1975–1983
Chapter 8. Vetting, Assessing and Advising: Protective Security, 1975–1983
Chapter 9. Chasing Shadows: Investigating the Soviets, 1975–1983
Chapter 10. Managing Competing Priorities: Countering Non-Soviet Espionage, 1975–1983
Chapter 11. The Combe–Ivanov Affair: ASIO’s Startling Welcome for Hawke, 1983
Chapter 12. Working in ASIO: Life Inside ASIO during the Second Hope Royal Commission, 1983–1985
Chapter 13. Implementing Hope: Reform and Organisational Change under Harvey Barnett
Chapter 14. Moving and Shaking: ASIO under Alan Wrigley and John Moten, 1985–1989
Chapter 15. A Conceptual Shift: Developing New Approaches to Subversion and Terrorism, 1983–1989
Chapter 16. Politically Motivated Violence: Countering Terrorism and ‘Identity Extremism’, 1983–1989
Chapter 17. Protective Security: New Approaches for Changing Times, 1983–1989
Chapter 19. Looking for Moles: Counterintelligence and the Penetration of ASIO, 1975–1989
Conclusion: Reflections on ASIO and the End of the Cold War