Ebony Nilsson

This book explores the lives of left-wing Soviet refugees who fled the Cold War to settle in Australia, and uncovers how they adjusted to life under surveillance in the West. As Cold War tensions built in the postwar years, many of these refugees happily resettled in the West as model refugees, proof of capitalist countries’ superiority. But for a few,...

This book explores the lives of left-wing Soviet refugees who fled the Cold War to settle in Australia, uncovering how they adjusted to life under surveillance in the West. As Cold War tensions built in the postwar years, many of these refugees happily resettled in the West as model refugees, serving as proof of capitalist countries' superiority. However, for a...