Reds Under the Bed: ASIO and an Unusual Bunch of Suspects by Michael Komesaroff

Book Description

Secondhand. Near fine condition.

ASIO maintained a vast library of files on half a million citizens, most of whom were never a threat to Australia's security.

Through meticulous research, Michael Komesaroff has been able to sift through a multitude of records that were kept on his family and discover why.

This is not only an account of one family's activities but, more broadly, a history of the widespread fear of the presence and influence of communist sympathisers in Australia in the twentieth century.