{"product_id":"peace-crimes-987ujh","title":"Peace Crimes","description":"\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. \u003cbr\u003e\nThey 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?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kieran Finnane","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49013933015193,"sku":"9780702260445","price":790.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/5642\/6905\/files\/peace-crimes_760523ae-28fd-4851-88f8-d65dd468a4ab.jpg?v=1789229387","url":"https:\/\/booksworldstore.com\/products\/peace-crimes-987ujh","provider":"Books World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}