| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Seeing, not seeing -- In the dark -- Trespass -- Lament -- The law -- Ends and means -- The sacred -- A reckless act of prayer -- Nothing to see here -- Ordinary or extraordinary? -- Conscience versus reason -- Fields of action |
| Summary |
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 military presence on our soil and the state's hardline response to dissent. In Peace Crimes, Alice Springs journalist Kieran Finnane gives a gripping account of what prompts the Pilgrims to risk so much, interweaving local events and their legal aftermath with this century's disturbing themes of international conflict and high-tech war. She asks, what responsibilities do we have as Australians for the covert military operations of Pine Gap and what are we going to do about them? |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 26, 2020) |
| Subject |
Military bases, American -- Australia -- Pine Gap (N.T.)
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Peace movements -- Australia -- Pine Gap (N.T.)
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Military bases, American
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Military relations
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Peace movements
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Military relations -- Australia
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Australia -- Military relations -- United States
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| Subject |
Australia
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Northern Territory -- Pine Gap
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780702262234 |
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0702262234 |
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9780702262227 |
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0702262226 |
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