Blind Trust
Secrecy, Scandal, and Intelligence Accountability in Cold War Australia
$129.26
- Paperback
232 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2026
Summary
A provocative exploration of the corrosive impact of secrecy on Australian intelligence organizations’ effectiveness and operations
Secrecy is central to popular understandings of intelligence and how intelligence services operate. Intelligence agencies generally resist oversight and transparency, arguing that decreases in secrecy come at the cost of intelligence efficacy.
In Blind Trust, Melanie Brand challenges this view. Using archival research exa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781647127725 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1647127726 |
| Author: | Melanie Brand |
| Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
| Imprint: | Georgetown University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | Georgetown Studies in Intelligence History |
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Melanie Brand
Melanie Brand is a lecturer in intelligence studies at Macquarie University. She received a PhD in history from the University of Melbourne, and her research has been published in Cold War History, Intelligence and National Security, and Australian Historical Studies.
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