Intelligencer: The Secret World of Walter Cawthorn Australian Spymaster

Fewster, Alan

ISBN 10: 1923267051 / ISBN 13: 9781923267053

Edité par Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, 2024

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MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 276 pages. Intelligencer tells the extraordinary story of Australiaâ s greatest spymaster, Walter Cawthorn. Trained as a teacher in Melbourne, he served at Gallipoli before joining the British Indian Army on the Western Front. From the Middle East to Vietnam, Cawthorn spied for four countries: Britain, India, Pakistan and Australia. In a career that took him from private soldier to Major General, Cawthorn created Pakistanâ s ruthless Inter-Services Intelligence bureau; was appointed twice as a High Commissioner; and spent eight years as Director of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, (ASIS).

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• Titre: Intelligencer: The Secret World of Walter Cawthorn Australian Spymaster
• Éditeur: Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne
• Date de parution: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1923267051
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781923267053
• Reliure: Trade Paperback
• Édition: 1st Edition.
• État de l'article: New
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Military-General

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Synopsis

Intelligencer tells the extraordinary story of Australia’s greatest spymaster, Walter Cawthorn. Trained as a teacher in Melbourne, he served at Gallipoli before joining the British Indian Army on the Western Front. From the Middle East to Vietnam, Cawthorn spied for four countries: Britain, India, Pakistan and Australia. In a career that took him from private soldier to Major General, Cawthorn created Pakistan’s ruthless Inter-Services Intelligence bureau; was appointed twice as a High Commissioner; and spent eight years as Director of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, (ASIS).

À propos de l?auteur

ALAN FEWSTER is a former journalist and diplomat. His previous books are: Capital Correspondent, the Canberra Letters of Edwin Charles; Trusty and Well Beloved, a life of Sir Keith Officer, Australia's first diplomat; and the Bracegirdle Incident, How an Australian communist ignited Ceylon's independence struggle.