Peace Crimes: Pine Gap, National Security and Dissent

by Kieran Finnane

At the closely guarded and secretive military facility, Pine Gap in Australia's Northern Territory, police arrest six nonviolent activists. Their crime: to step through a fence, lamenting and praying for the dead of war. They call themselves Peace Pilgrims. The Crown calls them a threat to national security and demands gaol time. Their political trials, under harsh Cold War legislation, tell a story of obsessive Australian secrecy about the American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0702260444
• ISBN13: 9780702260445
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Queensland Pr (Australia)
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"