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TWILIGHT TIME: Desmond Ball - the man who saved the worldWriter Director John Hughes - Producers Philippa Campey, John Hughes
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Desmond Ball: 'Insurgent intellectual'
Desmond Ball (1947-2016) was hailed by Jimmy Carter as “the man whosaved the world” as he established the fallacy of the doctrine of ‘limited’nuclear war. His study of Pine Gap - in the heart of Australia’s central desert –infuriated Australia’s defence establishment. Des Ball’s curiosity andcommitments offer a window on nuclear war fighting, mass surveillance,global strategy and defence. Des’ work on Australian signals intelligence in Timor-Leste informed Australian citizens on issues governments preferremain secret. He trekked deep into the sensitive borderlands of Burma andThailand advising persecuted minorities on signals intelligence. Des Ball madea difference; his insights are everyday more urgent
Des Ball was an Australian defence analyst. He grew up in the small town of Timboon in country Victoria and made his way as a scholarship student through the Australian National University (ANU) where he led the ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (1984-1991). Des gazed at signals intelligence facilities around the world and worked out what they did and why. He challenged the orthodoxy of his field with clear-sighted ethical commitments to an independent Australia.
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