{"product_id":"peace-crimes-by-kieran-finnane-9780702260445","title":"Peace Crimes","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA compelling investigative account into one of Australia's most secret security sites and the people who infiltrated it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePeace Crimes\u003c\/em\u003e, 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46849668415724,"sku":"9780702260445","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/248433482438.jpg?v=1759059516","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/peace-crimes-by-kieran-finnane-9780702260445","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}