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The fifth column in World War II : suspected subversives in the Pacific War and Australia /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Loeffel, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Secret service > Australia.
Subversive activities > Australia > History > 20th century.
Espionage > Australia > History > 20th century.
Spies > Australia > History > 20th century.
History.
World War (1939-1945)
1900-1999
Espionage.
Secret service.
Spies.
Subversive activities.
Australia.
Table of Contents:
  • The shape of fear: background to the fifth column scare
  • The beginning of the scare: fifth column and Norway
  • June 1940: the fifth column triumphant
  • The war and the fifth column arrive in Australia
  • Australia under attack: the fifth column and the Pacific War
  • The myth continues: lingering fears and prejudices.