Militär underrättelsetjänst

Hitler's Fremde Heere Ost

German Military Intelligence on the Eastern Front 1942-45

AvMagnus Pahl

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

628 kr

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Illegalisterna : hundra år av ryskt spionage i väst

AvShaun Walker

1

Häftad, Svenska, 2025

239 kr

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"mycket fascinerande läsning" BTJ

För över ett sekel sedan började den nybildade bolsjevikregeringen att skicka sovjetiska medborgare utomlands som spioner. De fick lära sig att anta falska identiteter som utländska aristokrater, köpmän och studenter. Med tiden utvecklades verksamheten till världens mest ambitiösa underrättelseprogram.

Många länder använder hemliga agenter, men KGB gick längre än någon annan de lade åratal på att träna sina spioner i språk och sociala koder och skickade ut dem på uppdrag som kunde pågå i årtionden.

Under andra världskriget infiltrerade de fiendens linjer och mördade högt uppsatta nazister. Senare, under kalla kriget, levde de som sovande agenter i väst, redo att aktiveras vid behov. Vissa lyckades utföra spektakulära operationer, medan andra avslöjades eller knäcktes av det dubbelliv de tvingades leva. Shaun Walker gestaltar framväxten av denna institution från insidan från Sovjetunionens tidiga dagar fram till Putins invasion av Ukraina.

Illegalisterna är en spännande berättelse om underrättelseverksamhet på global nivå och skildrar samtidigt en pågående och dold del av Rysslands historia. Samtidigt som Putin idag öppet sneglar på Sovjetunionens metoder och man från Moskva fortsätter att förse världen med underjordiska agenter, är den här berättelsen kanske mer aktuell än vi vågar föreställa oss.

"Illegalisterna är en mycket fascinerande läsning med många detaljer och samtidigt en genomgång av 1900-talets europeiska och ryska historia. Språket är enkelt och boken lättillgänglig." BTJ, Kent Lidman

"en så utsökt och spännande genomgång i ämnet att du kommer sortera boken intill John Le Carré i hyllan (...). Walker skriver skickligt fram de mörka psykologiska sidorna av uppdraget och hur dessa samspelade med den kommunistiska diktaturen. (...) Walkers bok, flyhänt översatt av Ola Nilsson, är inte bara resultatet av åratal i olika arkiv. Han har intervjuat pensionerade spioner, även en ung man rekryterad av sin egen far, som aldrig tidigare berättat sin historia. De ingående skildringarna av liv och äventyr på de femhundra sidorna är också sådant som man mest skulle svälja i en Le Carré-roman." Göteborgs-Posten, Hynek Pallas

De ska ju ändå dö : tio år i svensk underrättelsetjänst

AvGunnar Ekberg

2

Inbunden, Svenska, 2020

209 kr

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För första gången någonsin berättar här en agent som arbetat för den svenska underrättelsetjänsten om sina uppdrag på fältet, från det vardagliga informationsinhämtandet till livsfarliga operationer mot terrorister. Här finns allt som ingår i klassiska spionskildringar - telefonavlyssning, kodade meddelanden, hemliga möten och inbrott - men också brevbomber, rån, flygplanskapningar, kidnappningar och kontakter med terroristorganisationernas innersta kretsar och besök i deras träningsläger. Detta är en unik och spännande berättelse och samtidigt ett stycke viktig nutidshistoria som skildrar mindre kända sidor hos dåtidens vänsterrörelser.

De ska ju ändå dö har fått sin titel efter ett citat av Wadie Haddad, dåvarande operationschef för PFLP, när han berättade om ett kommande attentat för författaren.

GUNNAR EKBERG levde under en period med skyddad identitet men kunde sedermera verka öppet inom reklambranschen i Malmö.

"Sansad, detaljerad, cool." Aftonbladet

"ett vittnesbörd över en vansinnig tid" Göteborgs-Posten

"Ekberg har god koll på de snåriga konflikterna inom tidens vänster" Dagens Nyheter

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Tradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks

Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War

AvSean M. Wiswesser

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

330 kr

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Step into the covert world of Russian espionage with this revealing insider’s account of how the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS) operate across the globe. Drawing on years of CIA field experience, Sean M. Wiswesser exposes the tactics, tradecraft, and mindset of the RIS—making this a must-read for anyone fascinated by spies, sabotage, and the high-stakes intelligence war between Russia and the West.Unmask the shadowy world of Russian espionage with this riveting exploration of the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS) and their global clandestine operations. With decades of experience as a CIA operations officer, author Sean M. Wiswesser takes readers deep into the heart of Maskirovka—the Russian art of denial, deception, and manipulation. Using historical examples and firsthand accounts, this book reveals the tactics employed by the three main services of Russia’s intelligence apparatus: the SVR, GRU, and FSB. Learn about the RIS’ use of double agents, surveillance, and “street work,” honeytraps, sabotage, active measures, assassinations, the RIS roles in the Russo-Ukraine War, and much more. Wiswesser’s unparalleled expertise comes from years of sitting across from Russian intelligence officers, operating overseas, and using their own methods against them. As a member of the CIA’s expert cadre in the Directorate of Operations, he worked closely with the U.S. intelligence community and foreign allies, gaining a unique perspective on the RIS’ global reach. Now, he shares that knowledge in a candid, plain-speaking style designed to inform and galvanize readers from all walks of life. This book is more than an exposé—it’s a toolkit for understanding and countering the RIS’ manipulative tactics. Wiswesser breaks down ten key elements of their tradecraft, offering invaluable insights to intelligence professionals, academics, business leaders, NGO workers, and private citizens alike. With a deep grounding in Russian language, culture, and intelligence traditions, he provides readers with the context they need to grasp the RIS’ methods and motivations. Written for the general reader, this compelling account combines expert analysis with real-world stories, making it both accessible and deeply informative. Whether you’re a practitioner in the field or simply curious about the world of espionage, the author’s narrative will open your eyes to the global threat posed by Russian intelligence and equip you with the knowledge to recognize and resist their tactics. Prepare to be captivated, informed, and empowered.

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Critical Thinking for Strategic Intelligence

AvKatherine H. Pherson,Randolph H. Pherson

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

850 kr

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A highly regarded, easy-to-use handbook for developing core critical thinking skills and analytic techniques.

Hemligstämplat : svensk underrättelsetjänst från Erlander till Bildt

AvMichael Fredholm

2

Pocket, Svenska, 2022

89 kr

Alla de svenska hemligheterna från det kalla kriget. Boken bygger på tidigare hemligstämplade dokument och mycket berättas för första gången. Vad var det egentligen som hände under det kalla kriget och åren därefter? Vad gjorde landets politiska ledning, öppet och i hemlighet?

- Hur gick det egentligen till när spionen Stig Wennerström avslöjades, greps och dömdes? Och varför hemlighölls detta?

- Hur såg sovjetiska KGB på den svenska underrättelsetjänsten?

- Hur såg den sovjetiska krigsplanläggningen ut gentemot Sverige? Och vad var det som gjorde att Sovjet betraktade Sverige som ett hot?

- Vad hände när FRA avlyssnade nedräkningen till kärnvapenkriget, tio mil från Gotlands kust - verkligheten bakom Jakten på Röd oktober?

- Vad innebar 1970-talets vänstervåg ur underrättelsetjänstens perspektiv? Vem stod till slut på vems sida? Under Vietnamkriget? Avseende Kuba och de Sovjetstödda befrielserörelserna i Latinamerika och södra Afrika?

- Vilken roll spelade den svenska underrättelsetjänsten för Baltikums frihetskamp under det kalla krigets kaotiska slut?

- Hur var det egentligen med den främmande undervattensverksamheten under 1980-talet? Och varför avstod Sverige från att köpa sovjetiska miniubåtar när vi på 1990-talet hade den möjligheten?

Författaren Michael Fredholm, med en unikt bred och mångårig erfarenhet av den samlade svenska underrättelsetjänsten, öppnar nu dörrarna till en sluten värld.

Covert Action

National Approaches to Unacknowledged Intervention

AvMagda Long,Rory Cormacm. fl.

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

495 kr

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A comparative international perspective challenges conventional narratives about unacknowledged intervention"Covert action" is generally understood as politically motivated and plausibly deniable interference by one state in the affairs of another state. It includes propaganda, political or economic subversion, paramilitary action, and assassinations. Covert action is the most consequential and controversial form of secret statecraft, and it has become a ubiquitous feature of international politics. However, it is often sensationalized or seen through a narrow, US-centric lens.Covert Action challenges this conventional narrative and redefines secret statecraft by offering a groundbreaking comparative international perspective that explores the practice of unacknowledged intervention across twenty countries and a range of eras. Bringing together leading scholars from around the world, this volume moves beyond the American, and wider, anglosphere perspectives to examine covert action practices across states, regime types, and time.This book will be important reading for historians, political scientists, and policymakers, and it provides a foundational study of the hidden mechanisms of international power. It takes a global perspective and thus transforms the understanding of how nations truly interact behind the scenes, revealing covert action as a complex form of international statecraft.

Covert Radio Agents, 1939-1945

Signals From Behind Enemy Lines

AvDavid Hebditch

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

204 kr

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Clandestine radio operators had one of the most dangerous jobs of World War 2. Those in Nazi-occupied Europe for the SOE, MI6 and the OSS had a life-expectancy of just six weeks. In the Gilbert Islands the Japanese decapitated 17 New Zealand Coastwatchers'.These behind the lines' highly skilled agents' main tasks were to maintain regular contact with their home base and pass vital intelligence back. As this meticulously researched book reveals, many operators did more than that. Norwegian Odd Starheim hi-jacked a ship and sailed it to the Shetlands. In the Solomon Islands Jack Read and Paul Mason warned the defenders of Guadalcanal about incoming enemy air raids giving American fighters a chance to inflict irreversible damage on the Japanese Air Force. In 1944 Arthur Brown was central to Operation Jedburgh's success delaying the arrival of the SS Das Reich armoured division at the Normandy beach-heads. The author also explains in layman's terms the technology of 1940s radios and the ingenious codes used.Most importantly, Covert Radio Agents tells the dramatic human stories of these gallant behind-the-lines radio agents. Who were they? How were they trained? How did they survive against the odds? This is both a highly informative and uplifting work about unsung heroes.

Surprise Attack

The Victim’s Perspective, With a New Preface

AvEphraim Kam

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

341 kr

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Ephraim Kam observes surprise attack through the eyes of its victim in order to understand the causes of the victim’s failure to anticipate the coming of war. Emphasizing the psychological aspect of warfare, Kam traces the behavior of the victim at various functional levels and from several points of view in order to examine the difficulties and mistakes that permit a nation to be taken by surprise. He argues that anticipation and prediction of a coming war are more complicated than any other issue of strategic estimation, involving such interdependent factors as analytical contradictions, judgmental biases, organizational obstacles, and political as well as military constraints.

Predatory States

Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America

AvJ. Patrice McSherry

1

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

420 kr

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This powerful study makes a compelling case about the key U.S. role in state terrorism in Latin America during the Cold War. Long hidden from public view, Operation Condor was a military network created in the 1970s to eliminate political opponents of Latin American regimes. Its key members were the anticommunist dictatorships of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil, later joined by Peru and Ecuador, with covert support from the U.S. government. Drawing on a wealth of testimonies, declassified files, and Latin American primary sources, J. Patrice McSherry examines Operation Condor from numerous vantage points: its secret structures, intelligence networks, covert operations against dissidents, political assassinations worldwide, commanders and operatives, links to the Pentagon and the CIA, and extension to Central America in the 1980s. The author convincingly shows how, using extralegal and terrorist methods, Operation Condor hunted down, seized, and executed political opponents across borders. McSherry argues that Condor functioned within, or parallel to, the structures of the larger inter-American military system led by the United States, and that declassified U.S. documents make clear that U.S. security officers saw Condor as a legitimate and useful 'counterterror' organization. Revealing new details of Condor operations and fresh evidence of links to the U.S. security establishment, this controversial work offers an original analysis of the use of secret, parallel armies in Western counterinsurgency strategies. It will be a clarion call to all readers to consider the long-term consequences of clandestine operations in the name of 'democracy.'

Iran's Ministry of Intelligence

A Concise History

AvSteven R. Ward

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

279 kr

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The first book about Iran's shadowy Ministry of IntelligenceSteven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and its focus on tracking and countering domestic dissent and perceived foreign-inspired sedition. The ministry's checkered record of effective intelligence operations includes a history of assassinations and human rights abuses. Developing a clearer picture of the MOIS is important for understanding how the Islamic Republic of Iran operates, seeks security, and competes with its adversaries.Iran's Ministry of Intelligence updates and improves on the paucity of available information about Iranian intelligence activities. The chapters in the book cover the MOIS's origins, leaders, structure and organizational culture, operations and tradecraft, foreign partners, cultural representations, and future outlook. The book also provides a significant examination of this contemporary intelligence agency that does not follow the model of Western organizations.Iran's Ministry of Intelligence will be of interest to scholars, students, and general readers of intelligence and Iran's history and politics. It will also be an important resource for national security and foreign policy practitioners.

Mission

The CIA in the 21st Century

AvTim Weiner

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

297 kr

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'No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win him a second Pulitzer' JOHN SIMPSON, GUARDIAN The epic successor to Tim Weiner’s National Book Award-winning classic, Legacy of Ashes: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st century, reaching from 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to today’s battles with Russia and China – and with the President of the United States. At the turn of the century, the Central Intelligence Agency was in crisis. The end of the Cold War had robbed the agency of its mission. More than thirty overseas stations and bases had been shuttered, and scores that remained had been severely cut back. Many countries where surveillance was once deemed crucial went uncovered. Essential intelligence wasn’t being collected. At the dawn of the information age, the CIA’s officers and analysts worked with outmoded technology, struggling to distinguish the clear signals of significant facts from the cacophony of background noise.Then came September 11th, 2001. After the attacks, the CIA transformed itself into a lethal paramilitary force, running secret prisons and brutal interrogations, mounting deadly drone attacks, and all but abandoning its core missions of espionage and counterespionage. The consequences were grave: the deaths of scores of its recruited foreign agents, the theft of its personnel files by Chinese spies, the penetration of its computer networks by Russian intelligence and American hackers, and the tragedies of Afghanistan and Iraq. A new generation of spies now must fight the hardest targets – Moscow, Beijing, Tehran – while confronting a president who has attacked the CIA as a subversive force.From Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner, The Mission tells the gripping, high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of the twenty-first century, revealing how the agency fought to rebuild the espionage powers it lost during the war on terror – and finally succeeded in penetrating the Kremlin. The struggle has life-and-death consequences for America and its allies. The CIA must reclaim its original mission: know thy enemies. The fate of the free world hangs in the balance.A masterpiece of reporting, The Mission includes exclusive on-the-record interviews with six former CIA directors, thirteen station chiefs, and scores of top spies who served undercover for decades and have never spoken to a journalist before.

Om svensk signalspaning : pionjärerna

AvJan-Olof Grahn

1

Inbunden, Svenska, 2017

350 kr

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Den svenska signalspaningen har haft Ryssland och Sovjetunionen som huvudmål under de senaste 100 åren. Den här boken går igenom signalspaningens historia med tyngdpunkt på första världskriget, då Sverige bedrev ett hemligt underrättelsesamarbete med Tyskland. Sverige hade genom sitt läge en unik möjlighet att avlyssna ryska kommunikationer. För att knäcka de ryska koderna hade Sverige en officer på plats i Berlin som samarbetade med den tyska underrättelsetjänsten. Inte ens den svenska ambassadören var informerad om hans närvaro eller uppgift. Hans släkt och vänner trodde att han befann sig på hemlig ort i Sverige. Sveriges underrättelsesamarbete med Tyskland under första världskriget bidrog till den tyska krigföringen. För svensk del förbättrades landets säkerhetspolitiska läge i en tid av yttre hot och besvärlig neutralitet. Dessutom försåg vi oss med mer information än vad samarbetet egentligen medgav. Författaren Jan-Olof Grahn ledde den militärt inriktade verksamheten på FRA under slutet av kalla kriget och även senare. Han är nestorn inom svensk signalspaning och underrättelsetjänst. Med unika inblickar skildrar Grahn signalspaningens historia och dess pionjärer.

Stasi : Östtysklands hemliga polis, 1945-1990

AvJens Gieseke

4

Pocket, Svenska, 2020

89 kr

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Ministeriet för statssäkerhet, allmänt känt som Stasi, var Östtysklands säkerhets- och underrättelsetjänst. År 1980 hade organisation vuxit till den största underrättelseverksamheten i världen, räknat per capita, och omfattade en rad olika funktioner relaterade till säkerhet, övervakning och förtryck. På samma gång övergripande och detaljerat berättas här historien om Stasi, en fruktad men också högst professionell underrättelseverksamhet, från rötterna efter andra världskrigets slut till det officiella inrättandet 1950 och den formella nedläggningen 1990. Författaren undersöker diktaturens mekanismer och hur det dagliga livet i DDR påverkades av den omfattande övervakningen och misstänksamheten. Boken har blivit något av ett standardverk och översatts till ett flertal språk.

JENS GIESEKE är chef för forskningsavdelningen för "Kommunism och samhälle" vid centret för samtidshistoria i Potsdam.

"oumbärlig för var och en som vill förstå hur kontrollstaten DDR fungerade" Jan Christensen, Göteborgs-Posten

"ett standardverk i ordets bästa bemärkelse och en påminnelse om att verkligheten ibland är mer intrikat och intressant än dikten" Fredrik Persson-Lahusen, Aftonbladet

"mycket läsvärd skildring [...] flera intressanta aspekter av den gigantiska övervakningsapparaten" Linus Hellman, Skaraborgs Allehanda

You'Re Stepping on My Cloak and Dagger

AvRoger Hall

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

231 kr

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With a sharp eye and wry wit, Roger Hall recounts his experiences as an Army officer assigned to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) officer during World War II. First published in 1957 to critical and popular acclaim, his book has become a cult favorite in intelligence circles. The story follows the author from bored junior officer fleeing a tedious training assignment in Louisiana through the quirky and rigorous OSS training rituals in the United States, England, and Scotland. After quickly learning the skills necessary for behind-the-lines intelligence work, he eventually became an expert instructor. But deemed too much of an iconoclast, he was only reluctantly given operational duties. His first parachute jump in support of the French resistance terminated prematurely in a comedy of errors. Hall’s droll story-telling style and descriptions of the unforgettable personalities he encountered unite to create one of the funniest and most perceptive books ever written about life in the OSS.Roger Hall, a free-lance writer and editor, lives in Delaware.

Man Who Mastered Gravity

AvPaul Schatzkin

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

274 kr

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Himmlers Sverige : visioner och verklighet

AvLennart Westberg

1

Pocket, Svenska, 2025

99 kr

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»Viktig och synnerligen välkommen« Hemvärnet

Under andra världskriget initierade SS-ledaren Heinrich Himmler en omfattande infiltration av olika delar av det svenska samhället. SS förgreningar och propaganda nådde bland annat den svenska polisen, personer inom läkarkåren, frivilliga i Waffen-SS och jordbrukets intresseorganisationer.

Mellan 1933 och 1945 växte SS till en stat i staten där Himmler i praktiken kunde föra en egen utrikespolitik. Han föreställde sig ett övernationellt, storgermanskt styre i Nord- och Västeuropa efter kriget – en radikal vision som också innefattade Sverige, ett land som Himmler ansåg utgjorde den germanska rasens främsta kärnland.

I Himmlers Sverige har Lennart Westberg gått till botten med att försöka kartlägga Himmlers verksamhet, liksom hans långsiktiga planer för Sverige.

Mitrokhin Archive

The KGB in Europe and the West

AvChristopher Andrew,Vasili Mitrokhin

1

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

208 kr

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'One of the biggest intelligence coups in recent years' The TimesFor years KGB operative Vasili Mitrokhin risked his life hiding top-secret material from Russian secret service archives beneath his family dacha. When he was exfiltrated to the West he took with him what the FBI called 'the most complete and extensive intelligence ever received from any source'. This extraordinary bestselling book is the result. 'Co-authored in a brilliant partnership by Christopher Andrew and the renegade Soviet archivist himself ... This is a truly global exposé of major KGB penetrations throughout the Western world' The Times'This tale of malevolent spymasters, intricate tradecraft and cold-eyed betrayal reads like a cold war novel' Time'Sensational ... the most informed and detailed study of Soviet subversive intrigues worldwide' Spectator'The most comprehensive addition to the subject ever published' Sunday Telegraph

Den dolda alliansen : Sveriges hemliga Natoförbindelser

AvMikael Holmström

7

Storpocket, Svenska, 2023

186 kr

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"mästerverk" Folkbladet

”Ingen som vill förstå och förhålla sig till Sverige under det kalla kriget kommer undan hans grundliga redogörelse.” Svenska Dagbladet

”Nu rivs de sista slöjorna undan... Den redan hårt prövade svenska självbilden blir knappast vackrare.” Dagens Nyheter

Det hyllade standardverket om Sverige och NATO – nu utökat med ett nyskrivet kapitel om hur Sverige blir Nato-land.”Alliansfrihet i fred syftande till neutralitet i krig”. Så löd formeln som trummades in i oss svenskar under det kalla kriget. Men någon svensk försvarsplan för neutralitet fanns inte. I största hemlighet bedrev Sverige en dubbelpolitik. Ett topphemligt samarbete med NATO-länderna pågick i en omfattning som hållits dold för svenska folket.

I Den dolda alliansen avslöjas en informell allians med topphemliga möten, tekniska förbindelser och krigsförberedelser med NATO-grannarna och USA. Mordet på Olof Palme 1986 var nära att utlösa livlinan västerut. Också andra krigsförberedelser, som ett topphemligt flygförband och en svensk motståndsrörelse, skildras.I Washington sågs Sverige som informell NATO-medlem och i Moskva togs neutraliteten inte på allvar. I boken bevaras också kärnfrågan: vad visste svenska politiker?

I denna utökade, femte, upplaga skildras hur NATO-samarbetet efter kalla krigets slut stegvis blir öppet, samtidigt som Sveriges försvar rustas ned. När Ryssland attackerar Ukraina 2022 finns endast ett alternativ kvar: att snabbt söka NATO-medlemskap.

Den spännande skildringen bygger på intervjuer i fem länder med politiker, officerare, diplomater och andra nyckelpersoner samt åtskilliga dokument som varit hemliga.

För Den dolda alliansen har Holmström tilldelats fyra priser: Svensk Tidskrifts Publicistpris, Tilas militärhistoriska pris, Kungliga Krigsvetenskapsakademiens silvermedalj samt Grävande Journalisters Guldspade ”för att ihärdigt, omfattande och detaljrikt ha blottlagt offentliga lögner om Sveriges samarbete med NATO under flera generationer”.

Operation Biting

The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar

AvMax Hastings

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

130 kr

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THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller… I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL 'Hastings is a master of drama, a writer intimately familiar with the mind of the soldier' THE TIMES Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful. In February 1942 RAF intelligence was baffled by a newly-identified radar network on the coast of Nazi-occupied Europe, codenamed Würzburg. The brilliant scientist Dr RV Jones proposed an assault to capture key components. The nearest accessible enemy set stood upon a steep cliff at Bruneval in Normandy. Winston Churchill enthused, as did Lord Louis Mountbatten, chief of Combined Operations. A company of the newly-formed Airborne Forces was committed to the operation, which took place on the night of 27/28 February. Amid heavy snow 120 men landed, some of whom were misdropped almost two miles from their objective. They nonetheless launched the assault, dismantled the German radar, and after three nail-biting hours in France and a fierce battle with Wehrmacht defenders, escaped in the nick of time by landing-craft across stormy seas to Portsmouth.Max Hastings recounts this cliffhanging tale in a wealth of previously unchronicled detail. He portrays its remarkable personalities: the ‘boffin’ RV Jones; the peacock Mountbatten; the troubled husband of Daphne Du Maurier, Gen. ’Boy’ Browning, who commanded the Airborne Division; ‘Colonel Remy’, the French secret agent whose men reconnoitered Bruneval at mortal risk; Major John Frost, who led the paras into action; Charlie Cox, the little RAF technician who stripped the Würzburg and became an unexpected hero; Wing-Commander Charles Pickard, a legendary bomber pilot who led the drop squadron. Seldom have so many fascinating personalities been brought together to fulfil a mission that became a front-page triumph in a season of British defeats.Recounted in Hastings’ familiar best-selling blend of top-down and bottom-up action detail, Operation Biting tells a story that has become almost forgotten yet deserves to rank among the epic tales of courage and daring that took place in the greatest conflict in history.

Phenomena

US Government Investigations into ESP and Psychokinesis

AvAnnie Jacobsen

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

152 kr

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From the author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, this is the gripping story of how a select group of scientists, under the watchful eye of the CIA, sought to harness the power of the mind as tools of espionage and warfare.‘A well-researched and fascinating tale’ ForbesThis is a book about a team of scientists and psychics with top secret clearances.For more than forty years, the U.S. government has researched extrasensory perception, using it in attempts to locate hostages, fugitives, secret bases, and downed fighter jets, to divine other nations' secrets, and even to predict future threats to national security.The intelligence agencies and military services involved include CIA, DIA, NSA, DEA, the Navy, Air Force, and Army-and even the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Now, for the first time, New York Times bestselling author Annie Jacobsen tells the story of these radical, controversial programs, using never before seen declassified documents as well as exclusive interviews with, and unprecedented access to, more than fifty of the individuals involved. Speaking on the record, many for the first time, are former CIA and Defense Department scientists, analysts, and program managers, as well as the government psychics themselves.Who did the U.S. government hire for these top secret programs, and how do they explain their military and intelligence work? How do scientists approach such enigmatic subject matter? What interested the government in these supposed powers and does the research continue?Phenomena is a riveting investigation into how far governments will go in the name of national security.

This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends

A True Story

AvNicole Perlroth

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

145 kr

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WINNER OF THE FT & McKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021The instant New York Times bestsellerA Financial Times and The Times Book of the Year'A terrifying exposé' The Times'Part John le Carré . . . Spellbinding' New YorkerWe plug in anything we can to the internet. We can control our entire lives, economy and grid via a remote web control. But over the past decade, as this transformation took place, we never paused to think that we were also creating the world’s largest attack surface. And that the same nation that maintains the greatest cyber advantage on earth could also be among its most vulnerable.Filled with spies, hackers, arms dealers and a few unsung heroes, This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends is an astonishing and gripping feat of journalism. Drawing on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, Nicole Perlroth lifts the curtain on a market in shadow, revealing the urgent threat faced by us all if we cannot bring the global cyber arms race to heel.

Quest for C

Mansfield Cumming and the Founding of the Secret Service

AvAlan Judd

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

123 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

A fascinating and unique history of the launch of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service through the unusual life of its founder, Mansfield Cumming. Sir Mansfield Cumming, the founder of the British Secret Service and the original ‘C’, has until now been a shadowy figure. For this authorised biography, the Secret Intelligence Service has released to Alan Judd, Cumming’s voluminous diaries, which have never been seen outside the Service and will be put back into storage in perpetuity when Judd has used them.The result is likely to be the most sensational biography of the season, and the definitive account of how MI5 and MI6 – the models for all subsequent secret services all over the world – were set up.Cumming signed himself ‘C’, was referred to as such in Whitehall and always used green ink, traditions maintained to this day. His life not only makes riveting reading but casts fascinating light on the development of the Secret Service and its influence on the twentieth century.

Trusted Mole

A Soldier’s Journey into Bosnia’s Heart of Darkness

AvMilos Stankovic

Häftad, Engelska, 2001

133 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

The powerful, disturbing and highly acclaimed account of a British officer in the Parachute Regiment, of part Yugoslav origin, painfully caught up in the savage maelstrom of the Bosnian war.Milos Stankovic worked as an interpreter and liaison officer for senior British commanders and two British UN generals – Mike Rose and Rupert Smith. Armed with the pseudonym ‘Mike Stanley’ he was propelled from one nerve-racking crisis to another as he helped negotiate ceasefires between rival warlords, secured the release of UN hostages and organised the escape from Sarajevo of stricken families.Yet his close contacts with the Bosnian Serb leadership of Dr Karadzic and General Mladic bred suspicion and paranoia on all sides – not just in the Bosnian Muslim and Serb ranks (who thought he might be a British spy – General Rose’s ‘trusted mole’) but in the minds of the Americans as well. In a final, horrific twist, the author was arrested by the British authorities on suspicion of being a Serb spy – two and a half years after returning from Bosnia.

SAS Behind Enemy Lines

Covert Operations 1941– the Present

AvWilliam Fowler

Häftad, Engelska, 2005

133 kr

Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Through in-depth research and interviews with veterans, William Fowler has produced the most complete history of this elite and elusive unit to date.Out of Africa 1941 – 1943Into Italy 1943 – 1945Overlord and Europe 1944 – 1945Post War Phoenix Malaya 1948 – 1960The Confrontation 1962 – 1966Oman 1970 – 1976The Cold War 1945 – 1990The Falklands Interlude 1982The First Gulf War 1990 – 1991Back to Africa 1981 – 2000Balkan interlude 1994 –Afghanistan 2001 -The Second Gulf War 2003C Squadron to 1 SAS Regiment (Rhodesia) 1951 – 1980Enter the Kiwis 1954 -The Australian Experience 1957 –The Future

Operation Fortitude

The Greatest Hoax of the Second World War

AvJoshua Levine

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

152 kr

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Operation Fortitude was the ingenious web of deception spun by the Allies to mislead the Nazis as to how and where the D-Day landings were to be mounted.'One of the most creative intelligence operations of all time' – Kim PhilbyThe story of how this web was woven is one of intrigue, personal drama, ground-breaking techniques, internal resistance, and good fortune. It is a tale of double agents, black radio broadcasts, phantom armies, 'Ultra' decrypts, and dummy parachute drops. These diverse tactics were intended to come together to create a single narrative so compelling that it would convince Adolf Hitler of its authenticity.Operation Fortitude was intended to create the false impression that the Normandy landings were merely a feint to disguise a massive forthcoming invasion by this American force in the Pas de Calais. In other words, the success of D-Day – the beginning of the end of the Second World War – was made possible by the efforts of men and women who were not present on the Normandy beaches.Men such as Juan Pujol, a Spanish double-agent (code-name GARBO) who sent hundreds of wireless messages from London to Madrid in the build-up to D-Day relaying supposed intelligence from his fictitious spy network. This allowed the enemy to conclude that the number of Allied divisions preparing to invade was twice the actual number.Men such as R.V Jones, the head of British Scientific Intelligence, who masterminded the dropping of tinfoil confetti from the bomb-bay doors of Lancaster bombers, creating a false impression that a flotilla of Allied ships was heading in the opposite direction to the genuine invasion fleet.Using first hand sources from a wide range of archives, government documents, letters and memos Operation Fortitude builds a picture of what wartime Britain was like, as well as the immense pressure these men and women were working under and insure D-Day succeeded.

Spy Who Changed History

The Untold Story of How the Soviet Union Won the Race for America’s Top Secrets

AvSvetlana Lokhova

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

168 kr

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‘A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties … remarkable’ 5* review, Telegraph On the trail of Soviet infiltrator Agent Blériot, in this bestseller, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a thrilling journey through Stalin’s most audacious intelligence operation. On a sunny September day in 1931, a Soviet spy walked down the gangplank of the luxury transatlantic liner SS Europa and into New York. Attracting no attention, Stanislav Shumovsky had completed his journey from Moscow to enrol at a top American university. He was concealed in a group of 65 Soviet students heading to prestigious academic institutions. But he was after far more than an excellent education.Recognising Russia was 100 years behind the encircling capitalist powers, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin had sent Shumovsky on a mission to acquire America’s vital secrets to help close the USSR’s yawning technology gap. The road to victory began in the classrooms and laboratories of MIT – Shumovsky’s destination soon became the unwitting finishing school for elite Russian spies. The USSR first transformed itself into a military powerhouse able to confront and defeat Nazi Germany. Then in an extraordinary feat that astonished the West, in 1947 American ingenuity and innovation exfiltrated by Shumovsky made it possible to build and unveil the most advanced strategic bomber in the world.Following his lead, other MIT-trained Soviet spies helped acquire the secrets of the Manhattan Project. By 1949, Stalin’s fleet of TU-4s, now equipped with atomic bombs could devastate the US on his command. Appropriately codenamed BLÉRIOT, Shumovsky was an aviation spy. Shumovsky’s espionage was so successful that the USSR acquired every US aviation secret from his network of agents in factories and at top secret military research institutes.In this thrilling history, Svetlana Lokhova takes the reader on a journey through Stalin’s most audacious intelligence operation. She pieces together every aspect of Shumovsky’s life and character using information derived from American and Russian archives, exposing how even Shirley Temple and Franklin D. Roosevelt unwittingly advanced his schemes.

SAS

The Illustrated History of the SAS

AvJoshua Levine

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

287 kr

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The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS’s wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. The SAS began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent threat. The lie was so effective that soon a small band of men were brought together to make it real. These recruits were the toughest and brightest of their cohort, the most resilient, most dynamic and most self-sufficient. Their first commanders, David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, would go down in history as unorthodox visionaries. Yet this book tells much more than the usual origin story of the unit and seeks out less well-known leaders like Bill Fraser, who was essential in helping the SAS achieve fame for their devastating raids. By looking beyond the myth, this book brings back to life a group of men who showed immense bravery and endured unimaginable risks behind enemy lines.Written with the full cooperation of the SAS and with exclusive access to SAS archives, Levine draws on individual stories and personal testimony, including interviews with veterans and family members. On every page, the book gives a visceral sense of what it was like to fight and train in the SAS in both North Africa and Europe during the Second World War, focusing on their failures as well as their successes.This book is vivid with the characters of the men, their eclectic personalities, their strengths, weaknesses and many disagreements. Levine has uncovered a remarkable portrait of this enigmatic unit with photographs and stories long thought lost to history

SAS

The Illustrated History of the SAS

AvJoshua Levine

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

130 kr

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The authorised illustrated history of the SAS by the number one bestselling author of Dunkirk, Joshua Levine. With never-before-seen photographs and unheard stories, this is the SAS’s wartime history in vivid and astonishing detail. The SAS began as a lie, a story of a British parachute unit in the North African desert, to convince the Axis they were under imminent threat. The lie was so effective that soon a small band of men were brought together to make it real. These recruits were the toughest and brightest of their cohort, the most resilient, most dynamic and most self-sufficient. Their first commanders, David Stirling and Paddy Mayne, would go down in history as unorthodox visionaries. Yet this book tells much more than the usual origin story of the unit and seeks out less well-known leaders like Bill Fraser, who was essential in helping the SAS achieve fame for their devastating raids. By looking beyond the myth, this book brings back to life a group of men who showed immense bravery and endured unimaginable risks behind enemy lines.Written with the full cooperation of the SAS and with exclusive access to SAS archives, Levine draws on individual stories and personal testimony, including interviews with veterans and family members. On every page, the book gives a visceral sense of what it was like to fight and train in the SAS in both North Africa and Europe during the Second World War, focusing on their failures as well as their successes.This book is vivid with the characters of the men, their eclectic personalities, their strengths, weaknesses and many disagreements. Levine has uncovered a remarkable portrait of this enigmatic unit with photographs and stories long thought lost to history

Mission

The CIA in the 21st Century

AvTim Weiner

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

228 kr

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'No one has opened up the CIA to us like Weiner has, and The Mission deserves to win him a second Pulitzer' JOHN SIMPSON, GUARDIAN The epic successor to Tim Weiner’s National Book Award-winning classic, Legacy of Ashes: a gripping and revelatory history of the CIA in the 21st century, reaching from 9/11 through the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to today’s battles with Russia and China – and with the President of the United States. At the turn of the century, the Central Intelligence Agency was in crisis. The end of the Cold War had robbed the agency of its mission. More than thirty overseas stations and bases had been shuttered, and scores that remained had been severely cut back. Many countries where surveillance was once deemed crucial went uncovered. Essential intelligence wasn’t being collected. At the dawn of the information age, the CIA’s officers and analysts worked with outmoded technology, struggling to distinguish the clear signals of significant facts from the cacophony of background noise.Then came September 11th, 2001. After the attacks, the CIA transformed itself into a lethal paramilitary force, running secret prisons and brutal interrogations, mounting deadly drone attacks, and all but abandoning its core missions of espionage and counterespionage. The consequences were grave: the deaths of scores of its recruited foreign agents, the theft of its personnel files by Chinese spies, the penetration of its computer networks by Russian intelligence and American hackers, and the tragedies of Afghanistan and Iraq. A new generation of spies now must fight the hardest targets – Moscow, Beijing, Tehran – while confronting a president who has attacked the CIA as a subversive force.From Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Weiner, The Mission tells the gripping, high-stakes story of the CIA through the first quarter of the twenty-first century, revealing how the agency fought to rebuild the espionage powers it lost during the war on terror – and finally succeeded in penetrating the Kremlin. The struggle has life-and-death consequences for America and its allies. The CIA must reclaim its original mission: know thy enemies. The fate of the free world hangs in the balance.A masterpiece of reporting, The Mission includes exclusive on-the-record interviews with six former CIA directors, thirteen station chiefs, and scores of top spies who served undercover for decades and have never spoken to a journalist before.