Russians in Cold War Australia
Download or Read eBook Russians in Cold War Australia PDF written by Sheila Fitzpatrick and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Sheila Fitzpatrick |
| Publisher | : Lexington Books |
| Total Pages | : 339 |
| Release | : 2024-03-15 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781666945003 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1666945005 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Russians in Cold War Australia by : Sheila Fitzpatrick
Book excerpt: Russians in Cold War Australia explores the time during the Cold War when Russian displaced persons, including former Soviet citizens, were amongst the hundreds of thousands of immigrants given assisted passage to Australia and other Western countries in the wake of the Second World War. With the Soviet Union and Australia as enemies, skepticism surrounding the immigrants’ avowed anti-communism introduced new hardships and challenges. This book examines Russian immigration to Australia in the late 1940s and 1950s, both through their own eyes and those of Australia's security service (ASIO), to whom all Russian speakers were persons of interest.
