Loyalty : Australians, Japanese and Espionage on the eve of the Pacific War

Hordern, Nick

Arden（2026/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 350 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781923267541

Full Description

In the years before Pearl Harbor, Australian authorities were convinced that large numbers of the Japanese diplomatic and business community were spying, and that many of their Australian associates were helping them. Certainly, some Japanese avidly harvested information that was publicly available, and some Australians helped them to do so - but there's no evidence that either stole actual military secrets. Targeting Australians deemed security threats, the authorities relied on subjective judgements about people's 'loyalty' to decide whether they should be sanctioned. Nor did such suspicions about 'loyalty' die away at the War's end, the belief that prominent Australians had acted as collaborators, and had been prepared to welcome a Japanese invasion, persisted for decades. Drawing on previously unexamined evidence, this book argues that these beliefs emerged from a baseless conspiracy theory.

Contents

Abbreviations and acronyms
Intelligence organisations
People
Introduction: Meriting the title of 'traitor'

Part I - The Near North: 1912: The visit of Major Asada
1919-1937: To throw its shadow across Australia!
1937-1939: Preserving Peace
1939: Spy vs. Spy? The Intelligence Context

Part II - A Friendly Power
1939-1940: From Phoney to Real War
1941: Major Hashida's Notebook: Sydney
1941: Major Hashida's Notebook: Melbourne to Darwin
1941: Countdown to Pearl Harbor

Part III - Sufficiently Un-Australian: 1941-1942: The Enemy Within
1942-1945: Aftermaths
1942-1984: The Brisbane Line, Epilogue: The man who never was

Appendix: Files relating to Kenneth Easton Cook in the National Australian Archives