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Lifting the Fog
The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022)
Lifting the Fog
The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022)
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Lifting the Fog: The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022) is unique as a general body of knowledge about the history of the Dutch intelligence and security services since 1913. The chapters alternate between a general historical overview and a number of case studies spread out over the more-than-a-century long history that taken together give a good insight into the main functions of a middle-size military intelligence service as The Netherlands has known. The MIVD is giving the author access to the archives of the MIVD and its predecessors, which normally are closed to outsiders.
Table of Contents
Foreword by the director of the MIVD
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1912-1940: Neutrality under threatThe Venlo incident: Neutrality discreditedThe Second World War: The hard lesson of dependenceThe first years after the war: A new startA suspicious death in Zurich1950-1968: Fixated on hardwareNew Guinea: The Vlakke Hoek incident1968-1987: Hot and cold temperatures during the Cold WarCounterintelligence: Unwelcome interest from the Warsaw PactSpy magnet AFCENTThe work of military attachés, with a focus on PolandIJsbrand Smit and the “natural ally”A break-in with consequences: The Utrecht burglary by Onkruit and anti-militarism1987-2000: A difficult new beginningSrebrenica: Waiting for the shot to be firedRight-wing extremism and misconductThe twenty-first century: The professionalization of the serviceCooperation with the domestic sister service: “It’s a bit like Ajax vs. Feyenoord”High-level HUMINT operationsCooperation with the special forces: AfghanistanJust calling The Hague: A Lynx in Libya, or how to educate the clientThe OPCW: Caught red-handedConclusion
Appendices
Overview of sources and literature consulted
Index of persons
Notes
Introduction and Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1912-1940: Neutrality under threatThe Venlo incident: Neutrality discreditedThe Second World War: The hard lesson of dependenceThe first years after the war: A new startA suspicious death in Zurich1950-1968: Fixated on hardwareNew Guinea: The Vlakke Hoek incident1968-1987: Hot and cold temperatures during the Cold WarCounterintelligence: Unwelcome interest from the Warsaw PactSpy magnet AFCENTThe work of military attachés, with a focus on PolandIJsbrand Smit and the “natural ally”A break-in with consequences: The Utrecht burglary by Onkruit and anti-militarism1987-2000: A difficult new beginningSrebrenica: Waiting for the shot to be firedRight-wing extremism and misconductThe twenty-first century: The professionalization of the serviceCooperation with the domestic sister service: “It’s a bit like Ajax vs. Feyenoord”High-level HUMINT operationsCooperation with the special forces: AfghanistanJust calling The Hague: A Lynx in Libya, or how to educate the clientThe OPCW: Caught red-handedConclusion
Appendices
Overview of sources and literature consulted
Index of persons
Notes
Product details
| Published | Jun 10 2024 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 676 |
| ISBN | 9781538176238 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Illustrations | 2 Maps |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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