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Title: The Factory
Condition: New
Format: Hardback
Subtitle: The Official History of the Australian Signals Directorate, Vol 1
EAN: 9781761067723
ISBN: 9781761067723
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date: 02/21/2023
Description: '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.



Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Item Height: 234mm
Item Length: 153mm
Item Weight: 1062g
Author: John Fahey
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Release Year: 2023

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