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For a long time, the Australian Signals intelligence (or Sigint) story has been kept secret. Until now...Why does Australia have a national signals intelligence agency? What does it do and why is it controversial? And how significant are its ties with key partners, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand, to this arrangement?Revealing Secrets is a compelling account of Australian Signals intelligence, its efforts at revealing the secrets of other nations, and keeping ours safe. It brings to light those clever Australians whose efforts were for so long entirely unknown or overlooked. Blaxland and Birgin traverse the royal commissions and reviews that shaped Australia's intelligence community in the 20th century and consider the advent and the impact of cyber. In unearthing this integral, if hidden and little understood, part of Australian statecraft, this book increases our understanding of the past, present and what lies ahead.'George Orwell famously wrote during World War Two, "we sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm". Reading this superb history by John Blaxland and Clare Birgin on Australia's involvement with Sigint and cyber we can contemplate a new formula. We sleep safer because 24/7 intelligent, technologically competent patriotic men and women who work for our agencies, develop and work our electronic defence and offence capacities at worldclass standard. This in a world now in which we are constantly under attack. The work so secret it is proving impossible to produce an official history. This is the closest we can get and it is very good. If you are seriously interested in our defence and survival, or you would just like a good read, this belongs on your bookshelf.' - Kim Beazley, former Defence Minister'A meticulous compilation of the largely unsung past achievements of our most consistently productive intelligence source. And a thoughtful analysis of how to approach the extraordinary challenges posed by the new cyber universe. Blaxland and Birgin make an important contribution to our understanding of issues needing much more open debate than our own and allied governments have traditionally allowed or encouraged.' - Gareth Evans, Former Australian Foreign Minister'Australia has been part of sigint since the practice began, which has shaped its history in ways that Australians know little about. Their government likes to keep things that way. Revealing Secrets overcomes efforts to keep Australians ignorant about their sigint history, by discussing everything that can be said about it without access to secret records. Anyone interested in the past and future of Australia has much to learn from this book.' - John Ferris, author of Behind the Enigma, The Authorised History of GCHQ, Britain's Secret Cyber Intelligence Agency'The most comprehensive and best-informed account we have had of the history of signals intelligence in Australia. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not just our country's past, but Australia's strategic future as well.' - Allan Gyngell, author of Fear of Abandonment: Australia in the World Since 1942'Revealing Secrets tell the remarkable but little-known story of how a small, back-room military office grew into a major Australian government agency. Deeply researched, authoritative and accessible, it is a valuable and timely contribution to understanding issues that have never been more important to national security.' - Emeritus Professor David Horner, author of The Spy Catchers

Promises! All of us make promises that we hope to keep but sometimes we are kept from fulfilling them by life's problems. I promised many men in prison camp to contact their parents and loved ones if I made it back and they didn't. For over forty years I have searched for these families and talked to others but time is running out so I am writing their story of why they didn't make it home.This story is based on the lives of soldiers I met in basic training at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, the men I met on Bataan and in the prisoner of war camps. This is their story of why they surrendered, why they gave up after all physical strength was gone, and why they died.This is the story of a New Testament, a billfold and a list that made it through all the searches by the Japanese during those three and a half years. The Bible was used many times to comfort these men in their final hours. The battered billfold held the few pieces of paper with vital information and the list of men in Battery E of the 200th, who made it through the first attack on Clark Field on December 8, 1941, and dates of death for many.This is a story of friendship that helped me be one of the survivors of the Japanese prison camps, the hell ships and World War II. But most of all, this is a testimony of the Grace of God toward me in the hours of need. My favorite Scripture was the twenty-third PSALM, and I saw every verse fulfilled in my life. I can only pray that He will sustain and comfort you as you read these words, as he did me as a P.O.W.I express my appreciation to those who have helped and encouraged me to write this story of my experiences. My children have asked me to write down my memories. I especially wish to express appreciation to my wife for the many hours she spent to help edit the story for publication. I could not have completed the writing without her help. I appreciate the front cover design by my nephew, Joel Freeland. Thank you to each one for your help and encouragement.

A compelling nonfiction graphic novel, Whistleblowers is the true story of four courageous individuals who risked their careers—or their lives—to confront the unfolding Holocaust.Who were the whistleblowers?Alan Cranston—a young journalist and future U.S. senator who exposed the truth of Hitler’s plans.Henry Morgenthau, Jr.—a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet who confronted the President over the plight of Jewish refugees fleeing HitlerJan Karski—an eyewitness to Nazi atrocities who met with American and British officials to alert them about the death camps.Josiah E. DuBois Jr.—an American civil servant who blew the whistle on colleagues inside the Roosevelt administration who were blocking the rescue of refugees.Acclaimed author Dr. Rafael Medoff, director of the David Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies, and award-winning comics creator Dean Motter bring to life these tales of moral courage in the face of genocide.

The soldiers whom you will find within these pages went to fight for others and they displayed a kind of silent heroism which wins no medals. From the pens of these ordinary Australians comes a plain and honest view of the war as they saw and experienced it; often describing an endless horror of heat, flies, dust, polluted drinking water and food shortages. Each day they faced the danger of a bullet in their backs from hidden snipers; and if they were lucky enough to escape the bullets, enteric fever attacked them.Although I was born exactly thirty years after the last shot in this South African War was fired, my parents told me about Mafeking night when people shouted themselves hoarse, singing "Soldiers of the Queen". Both my father and grandfather served in the Plymouth Division of the Royal Marine Light Infantry, and during their long careers they trained naval gun crews. Grandfather was in the Boer War, and father in World War 1 - on sea and land.Our Donald men arose to do battle for the Empire, but some were doomed never to return to these sunny shores. They were fated to take their last rest beneath the dusty veldt upon which they had marched countless miles, and fought, and died.IT IS OUR DUTY TO REMEMBER THEM.

First published in 1998, Peacekeeping in Africa covers the main peacekeeping operations of Africa, and provides a wealth of background material. Comprising three parts, it covers world perspectives, case studies, and wider issues surrounding Africäs peacekeeping operations.

First published in 1985, The Political Dilemmas of Military Regimes was written against the backdrop of the increased prominence of military intervention in the political process during this century. It is an in-depth study that draws on global material and experiences from throughout the century.

The World Wars of the 20th century caused massive upheavals all over the world. Millions of men from every corner of the globe enlisted in the armed forces to fight, while women took the places of men in the workforce at home. Eighty years later, we still see photographs of Rosie the Riveter and women welding bombers for the Air Force. What history often overlooks, however, are the extraordinary true-life stories of the brave women from the US, UK, Canada and Australia who enlisted in the Allied forces in their thousands to serve as nurses behind the front lines, at great danger to themselves. And while men shot to kill in the North African, European, and the Pacific theaters of war, nurses served right behind them, armed with tools of healing rather than warfare. It's hard to imagine today what life was like during the greatest conflict in recent history, but these untold true stories of women heroes of WWII paint a vivid picture of life as a military nurse-from makeshift field hospitals in France to bombed-out station hospitals in Belgium to journeys fraught with danger on ambulance trains, air ambulances, and hospital ships. Inside Nightingales, Bluebirds & Angels of Mercy: True Stories of the Courage and Heroism of Nurses on the Front Line in WWII, you'll learn the true stories of nurses in the Second World War, including what it was like for a woman to join the armed services as a nurse and travel across the world to do her duty,the challenges and dangers the Allied nurses faced on the front lines, as well as the camaraderie and wartime romances they experienced,how these women confronted changing social norms around gender and race,true stories of survival at the hands of enemy forces in Japanese prisoner-of-war camps, and more.The stories of these brave women are an inspiring record of duty and selflessness. If you haven't yet met heroes such as Vivian Bullwinkel and Margot Turner, you'll definitely want to pick up Nightingales, Bluebirds & Angels of Mercy: True Stories of the Courage and Heroism of Nurses on the Front Line in WWII today!

First published in 1985, The Falklands War brings together a wealth of work by scholars and practitioners in the fields of diplomacy, military affairs, and international politics and law.

The Second World War changed the course of modern history. It is filled with incredible stories of daring risks and exceptional struggles, but in the popular imagination, these stories are more often than not the stories of men. There is, however, a hidden treasure trove of untold stories of heroic women who have risked their lives in the monumental battle against fascism. We've heard of women who became nurses treating soldiers with battlefield injuries, partisans who fought occupying armies, and skilled laborers who worked in wartime industries. But in the shadows, as part of a secret war against the Nazis, women served as intelligence agents who risked their lives to collect and relay information vital to the war effort. Danger lurked at every turn-a danger that some were not able to evade forever. These courageous women spies worked in secret, but their stories, which are finally coming to light today, offer a significant and unique perspective on the history of World War II. Inside Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy: True Stories of High-Society Ladies Turned WWII Spies you'll learnthe thrilling stories of Virginia Hall, Christine Granville, Noor Inayat Khan, Nancy Wake and Aline Griffith, who went behind enemy lines to aid the war effort, and what motivated them to take such risks,what it takes to run a successful espionage operation as a woman during a time when women had little respect in the professional realm,the risks of operating undercover and secretly collecting information from the enemy, andhow these women heroes of WWII helped shape the course and outcome of the most significant war in modern history.You'll gain insights into why some high-society ladies chose to give up a life of comfort to fight against global tyranny and live under constant threat of exposure and imprisonment or death. If you're looking for a unique and enlightening view of the Second World War and are interested in women's historically overshadowed roles in international espionage, then look no further than Princess, Countess, Socialite, Spy.

Ce récit est fondé sur des documents personnels, des souvenirs et anecdotes ainsi que des documents historiques qui constituent plus de quarante ans de recherches. Les deux histoires parallèles, celle de ma famille paternelle et celle de ma famille maternelle, sont un hommage à tous ceux qui n'abandonnent jamais l'espoir d'être libres. Le riche mélange juif d'Afrique du Nord et d'Europe, catholique, franc-maçonnique, gaulliste, puis gaulliste social, socialiste, centriste, se recoupe et se complète au lieu de se diviser aux confluents de la deuxième guerre mondiale. Cet historique est une métaphore de la France dans ce qu'elle a de mieux. J'en ai l'intime conviction. Ce témoignage a vocation à souligner l'universalisme de la survivance et de la résistance de l'humain au-delà des différences.

Die deutsche Revolution von 1848/49, ein Markstein der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte, wird von einem ausgewiesenen Kenner der Epoche einem interessierten Publikum verständlich gemacht. Es werden nicht die bekannten Ereignisse nochmals erzählt, vielmehr werden gekonnt die großen Sichtachsen dieser Revolution im europäischen Zusammenhang aufgezeigt. Das Geschehen wird aus den jeweiligen politischen Konstellationen wie wirtschaftlichen und gesellschaftlichen Ursachen heraus gedeutet. Die Kräfte, die neben den Nationalversammlungen in Frankfurt und Berlin die Entwicklung bestimmt haben, werden gleichwertig berücksichtigt. Dabei zeichnet der Autor das Selbstverständnis, die Mentalität und politische Vorstellungswelt der bürgerlichen Revolutionäre nach und stellt sich die Frage, inwieweit diese zum Scheitern des Vorhabens beigetragen haben.

The world would be a better place if we all thought with our hearts. The more we grow up, the more we realize that there are many terrible things in this world, especially war. Things we can control. Wouldn't it be nice if there were no more wars so that we could all be happy and spread love to everyone? War does not solve any problems. The most effective way to spread love and kindness is to start with ourselves, especially with the younger generation.Make Peace Not War teaches kids how life can be better without war by showing them the horrors of war. Featuring beautiful illustrations, this book extends beyond being meaningful; it shows our kids a better world.

Leon Trotsky's Writings on Britain span one of the most tumultuous periods in British history. The first decades of the 20th century were a time of crisis on all fronts for British capitalism. The country was rapidly sinking to a second-rate position among the world powers. Violent eruptions of class struggle shook capitalist rule to its very foundations. Amidst all this, the Marxists were striving to build a mass revolutionary party as the precondition of capitalism's overthrow.These writings were intended to assist the communists of the time to achieve their historic task. The same task is posed before us once more today. The thread of history is being re-tied, and Britain is once more moving towards revolutionary crises. This collection is indispensable for the Marxists who must rise to face this challenge.Trotsky has a profound affinity for his subject, which he brings to bear on a remarkable range of questions: from the history, psychology, philosophy and morality of the British ruling class; to Britain's revolutionary traditions going back to Chartism and the English Revolution; to the 1926 General Strike, and the questions of revolutionary strategy and tactics that the Marxists faced in the stormy decade of the 1930s.This book includes all three volumes in a single edition, and features a new introduction by Rob Sewell, author of Chartist Revolution and In the Cause of Labour: A History of British Trade Unionism.

Es liegen zwar regionale Darstellungen der Revolution von 1918 in Stadt- oder Gemeindegeschichten vor, eine zusammenfassende wissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung und Einordnung für ganz Schleswig-Holstein aber fehlt.Dieser Band zeigt erste Ansätze einer landesweiten historischen Betrachtung und macht deutlich, dass die »Deutsche Revolution« von 1918 auch den Beginn der Demokratisierung Schleswig-Holsteins kennzeichnet.

Im Feld. Der alte Begriff für das Schlachtfeld, auf dem die kriegerische Entscheidung über Wohl und Wehe gesucht wurde. Orte unermesslichen Leids, Orte heroischen Erinnerns in Wort und Bild, Orte, die heute meist vergessen sind.Dieses Buch versammelt Erinnerungen einstmaliger Soldaten des Russlandfeldzuges, des Großen Vaterländischen Krieges in ein Bild des Erzählten aus erster Hand. Als Vergewisserung des einst Erlebten, als ein Einordnen in gesellschaftliche Erzählmuster, als Korrektiv quälender Erinnerung, als Anklage, als Heldenlied, als Beichte, als das, was es war und als das, was es nicht war - zu lesen und zu verstehen mit einem weiten Blick.Entstanden sind die Texte als Aufzeichnungen in den Jahren 1988 - 2021. Insgesamt befragte der Herausgeber Martin Hertrampf einige hundert Menschen in den Nachfolgestaaten der Sowjetunion und in Deutschland. Der kleinere Teil davon ist im vorliegenden Buch dokumentiert. Der Bildteil versammelt neben eigenen Fotografien des Herausgebers vor allem nie veröffentlichte Dokumente bzw. Fotografien der befragten Menschen, die ihm für diese Veröffentlichung übereignet wurden."Ausgangspunkt der gesamten fotografischen und textlichen Recherche waren meine Vorfahren, ihre Erinnerungen, Erlebnisse der Kriegszeit. Geweitet auf die oben genannten Räume hat sich mein Fragen zuletzt wieder an den Ausgangspaunkt, meine Familie, zurückbewegt.", resümiert Martin Hertrampf.Die Möglichkeit einer solchen Arbeit in dieser Form war an ein Zeitfenster gebunden. Dieses hat sich in den letzten Jahren mit dem Tod der Zeitzeugen fast vollständig geschlossen. Geöffnet hat es sich für ihn, so der Herausgeber, aber auch erst in den Nachwendejahren, den Paradigmenwechseln dieser Zeit: der Öffnung der Welt in Richtung Westen einerseits, viel wichtiger aber der sich öffnende Raum im Osten nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion. Und auch in seinem eigenen Lebensraum, der (ehemaligen) DDR, war eine solche Arbeit erst nach ihrem Ende vorstellbar geworden.Die schiere Menge des Materials, all die nötigen Arbeitsschritte vom Transkribieren, Übersetzen zum Recherchieren von Orten, Zeiten, Zusammenhängen, dem Ordnen, Zuordnen, Aussortieren, immer wieder Lesen, Korrigieren, hat eine lange Zeit des Nachdenkens und Arbeitens daran bedingt. Unterbrochen auch immer wieder von längeren Pausen.Im letzten entscheidenden Jahr der Fertigstellung, wurde der Arbeitsprozess begleitet vom Krieg in der Ukraine. Im manchem spiegelt sich der eine heutige Krieg in dem anderen vergangenen Krieg. Marin Hertrampf stellt fest: "Meine ausgedehnten Reisen in die Ukraine seit den 80er Jahren bis heute - u.a. auch für das vorliegende Buch - werden in anderer Form das Dokumentarische meines Arbeitens in Bild und Text weiterführen. Nächste geplante Buchprojekte sind somit essientiell auch an die vorliegende Arbeit gebunden."

Die Samurai bildeten viele hundert Jahre lang die politische und soziale Elite Japans. Wolfgang Schwentker, einer der besten Kenner der japanischen Geschichte, zeichnet die legendenumwobene Geschichte dieses Kriegerstandes von seinen antiken Anfängen bis zu seiner formellen Abschaung im 19. Jahrhundert nach. Ein Kapitel über das Erbe der Samurai, das bis heute - nicht zuletzt durch zahlreiche Kinofilme - im modernen Japan fortlebt, beschließt diese ebenso kenntnisreiche wie faszinierend zu lesende Einführung.

The decent people of our country are gravely oppressed by the combination, and as the King of England, in his own Right, supports the Parliament in what he calls Theirs, they have an undeniable right to enquire into both parties' claims and to reject either one's usurpation. Some authors have blurred the lines between society and government, making it difficult to tell the two apart. Government is created by our wickedness, whereas society is created by our desires. The former positively promotes happiness by combining our emotions, while the latter adversely restricts our vices. The first one was a patron, the latter one a judge. Our strength comes from our unity, not from our size, yet even so, the might of the entire planet may be repelled by our current numbers. It is interesting to consider how a race of men became so elevated above all others and distinct like a brand-new species. Our land force is already adequate, and we can't pretend to be oblivious to the fact that Britain would never let the construction of an American man of war as long as the continent was under her control in terms of naval affairs. Denial of the British parliament's authority "to bind the colonies in all instances whatsoever" was one of the finest expressions of romantic unity that America has ever known.

Riley Shepard Brown has recounted the history of the United States Coast Guard, from its inception in 1790 until the outset of World War I. From the Revenue Marine to the Coast GuardIron Men, Wooden ShipsThe Coast Guard in the Great WarThe Morro Castle DisasterSOS!The Sea Is a KillerDeath Goes to SeaWings and MenGuardians of the Sea LanesDots and DashesFloods and HurricanesThe Coast Guard and the Future

Museum Worthy examines the history behind works of art that were looted in western Europe by the Nazis during the Second World War and never returned to their rightful owners, instead claimed by postwar governments of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands for display in museums, embassies, ministries, and other public buildings.

Viele betrachten die USA als die größte Gefahr für den Weltfrieden. Woran liegt das? Ein Buch über Hintergründe, Motive und Mittel der Weltmacht USA. Nach Ansicht vieler haben die USA den stärksten destabilisierenden Einfluss auf das Weltgeschehen und stellen somit die größte Bedrohung für den Weltfrieden dar (Allensbach 2019). Diese traurige Spitzenstellung hat sich die Weltmacht Nr. 1 nicht von ungefähr erworben. Keine andere Nation hat seit 1945 so viele andere Länder bombardiert und so viele Regierungen gestürzt wie die USA. Sie unterhalten die meisten Militärstützpunkte, exportieren die meisten Waffen und haben den höchsten Rüstungsetat der Welt.Daniele Ganser beschreibt eindrücklich, wie die USA Weltmachtpolitik betreiben, in der Gewalt ein zentrales Element darstellt.

This book is the first collection of multi-disciplinary research on the experience of Italian-Jewish musicians and composers in Fascist Italy. Drawing together seven diverse essays from both established and emerging scholars across a range of fields, this book examines multiple aspects of this neglected period of music history, including the marginalization and expulsion of Jewish musicians and composers from Italian theatres and conservatories after the 1938¿39 Race Laws, and their subsequent exile and persecution. Using a variety of critical perspectives and innovative methodological approaches, these essays reconstruct and analyze the impact that the Italian Race Laws and Fascist Italy¿s musical relations with Nazi Germany had on the lives and works of Italian Jewish composers from 1933 to 1945. These original contributions on relatively unresearched aspects of historical musicology offer new insight into the relationship between the Fascist regime and music.

Diese erstmals 1961 in Polen veröffentlichten Erinnerungen von Mag. phil. Jerzy Osuchowski an den ehemaligen Konzentrationslager­komplex Gusen zählen nicht nur zu den wichtigen und essentiellen Werken im Kanon der Erinnerungsliteratur an diesen einst größten aber viel­fach noch wenig bekannten nationalsozialistischen KZ-Komplex auf öster­reichischem Boden, sondern sind auch eine erschütternde Doku­mentation der Zustände, Akteure und Methoden in diesen, von Anfang an auf die Vernichtung von ganzen Häftlingsgruppen ausgerichteten Todeslagern in der Nähe des ehemaligen KZ Mauthausen.Der Autor, welcher in den Jahren 1940 bis 1945 von der ersten bis zur letzten Stunde in Gusen vor allem als Schreiber eingesetzt war, hinterließ mit diesen Erinnerungen eine äußerst wertvolle Chronik und Charakterisierung der Täter im ehemaligen Konzentrationslager KL Gusen I.Mit schonungsloser Offenheit und bemerkenswerter Objektivität be­schreibt Osuchowski auch die erbarmungslose und hoch korrupte Wolfsgesellschaft, welche die Lager-SS damals vor allem mit deutsch­sprachigen Funktionshäftlingen etablierte, welche sehr oft wegen ihrer kriminellen Vergangenheit in Gusen waren. Diese ermöglichte die Erfüllung der vom NS-Regime vorgesehenen Vernichtungsquoten an diesem Ort der frühen massenweisen Vernichtung ganzer Häftlingsgruppen.Osuchowski zeichnet in diesem bedeutenden Werk zum ehem. KZ-Komplex Gusen auch nach, dass es die in der Nachkriegszeit so oft be­schworene internationale Solidarität in einem Todeslager wie Gusen I kaum gab und es zum Teil Jahre dauerte bis verschiedene, oft schon deut­lich dezimierte nationale Gruppierungen in ihrem Schmerz und ihrer Ohnmacht jenes Vertrauen entwickeln konnten, welches er­for­derlich war, um langsam mehr und mehr Kooperation und Widerstand in diesen bestialischen KZs zu entwickeln. Bemerkenswert ist daher in diesem Buch auch die auffallende Differenzierung zwischen den privi­legierten ¿Deutschen¿ und den Häftlingen anderer Nationen, welche im Mai 1945 in den Stunden nach der Befreiung in der ¿Hölle von Gusen¿ in eine beispiellose Lynchorgie ausartete.