Displaced Comrades, 9781350378421
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Cold War refugees, shadowed by suspicion, find new lives under surveillance.
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Displaced Comrades

politics and surveillance in the lives of soviet refugees in the west

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    25 June 2025

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Summary

Displaced Comrades: Left-Wing Refugees in Cold War Australia

This book delves into the experiences of left-wing Soviet refugees who escaped the Cold War and found a new home in Australia, examining their adaptation to life under Western surveillance.

While many refugees happily embraced resettlement in the West as evidence of capitalism’s triumph, Displaced Comrades focuses on those who remained left-wing or pro-Soviet.

Drawing on interviews, government reco…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781350378421
ISBN-10:1350378429
Author:Ebony Nilsson
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Bloomsbury Academic
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:25 June 2025
Weight:436g
Dimensions:23mm x 234mm x 158mm
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Critics Review

This work represents a solid, stylish academic undertaking, with intricate analysis across a spectrum of elusive and challenging sources … A timely contribution done with much care on a topic that seems to reinvent itself, just like its characters did. * The Russian Review *

About The Author

Ebony Nilsson

Ebony Nilsson is a research fellow in the Centre for Refugee, Migration and Humanitarian Studies at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia. She was awarded her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2020.

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