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I was certainly no James Bond with a licence to kill, but I experienced some events that might have intrigued Bond. I have worked with the British intelligence services and for the CIA. I have had guns pointed at me, death threats made, a price placed on my head.
In 1971, a young Rod Barton applied for a job as a junior scientist with the Australian department of defence. Little did he know that the role involved more than analysis of dry scientific data: as the Cold War between Russia and the United States intensified, Rod found himself being inducted into the murky world of international espionage.
Rod rose through the ranks, conducting fascinating research and chasing intelligence leads across South-East Asia, the Middle East and Africa. After the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, his life changed again. One of few who knew enough about the science behind Iraq’s alleged nuclear weapons program, he became a special adviser to Hans Blix, head of the United Nations Weapons Inspection Commission. His clashes with the CIA and Australian politicians over weapons of mass destruction and prisoner abuse reveal the depths of the politicisation of the War on Terror.
Told with passion and insight, this is an extraordinary behind-the-scenes account of a world marked by risk, secrecy and individual acts of courage. From the streets of London to the deserts of Iraq, it will take you to the front lines of politics and war.
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Author Biography
ROD BARTON is a former Australian intelligence officer. Since the first Gulf War, his unique expertise has been sought by the CIA, the Australian government and the United Nations. His previous book is The Weapons Detective: The Inside Story of Australia’s Top Weapons Inspector.
Black Inc.
An imprint of Schwartz Books, Black Inc. is a leading independent Australian book publisher of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. We are passionate about diversity, inclusivity, social justice, new ideas and writing which informs, entertains and inspires. We are fiercely independent, but also strongly commercial. We publish local and international commercial mass-market titles under our Nero imprint, and children’s books under Piccolo Nero. Our La Trobe University Press imprint brings leading scholars and exports to deliver books of high intellectual quality, substance and originality. Schwartz Books also publishes the issue-defining journals Quarterly Essay and Australian Foreign Affairs.
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- Publisher Black Inc.
- Publication Date May 2021
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781760642778
- Publication Country or regionAustralia
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 32.99 AUD
- Pages288
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Dimensions234 x 153 mm
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