The Norwegian Intelligence Service, 1945-1970

by Olav Riste

Overview

This is a history of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) during the Cold War, based on its secret archives. The author describes a service that grew from a handful of specialists in 1946 to a multi-faceted organization with a personnel of about 1000 by the end of the 1960s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714644554
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/31/1999
Series:	Studies in Intelligence
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Olav Riste

Table of Contents

Newsletter of the International Intelligence History Study Group

"This extraordinary book throws light on many intelligence aspects of the Cold War. The author has provided a thorough account of the NIS and struck the right balance between technical detail and readability ... For scholars of modern history it is a "must" read ... Hopefully the publication sets a standard to be quickly followed by other authors and researchers."



Cryptologia, Vol 24, No 3, July 2000

"This book is unique because it is the first time that a Western intelligence service has opened its most secret archives from the Cold War period to an independent historian."



Defense Analysis

"This is a unique study on modern intelligence"



International History Review

"a path-breaking work in the feild of intelligence studies...the book is the outcome of meticulous, scholarly research of the kind so often absent in the field"



Intelligence and National Security

"the first history of a western intelligence service written on the basis of unlimited access to the relevant official archives...despite the technical complexities of the subject, remains full of incident and consistently readable...sets a standard which subsequent intelligence histories will do well to emulate

Editorial Reviews

For the first time, a Western intelligence service has opened its secret archives from the period to an independent historian, resulting in this history of the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) during the Cold War. Presents detailed descriptions of a network of signal intelligence stations, and looks at cooperation between the NIS and the secret services of the US and other countries. The author is research director of the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies, and adjunct professor of history at the Universities of Bergen and Oslo. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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