{"product_id":"b0hch192h3","title":"The Stay Behinds: Sweden's Cold War Guardians","description":"\u003cp\u003eBloomsbury presents  The Stay Behinds: Sweden's Cold War Guardians  written and read by Johan Wennström\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePacked with first-hand accounts and previously classified government documents, this book  reveals the secrets of Sweden's resistance network, created to deter a potential Soviet occupation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing World War II, Sweden faced the looming threat of the Soviet Union and its drive to spread communism. This led to the formation of a resistance movement involving Sweden's intelligence service, the employers' association and the labour movement. The stay-behind network was fully legalised in 1955 and continued its clandestine work until the mid-1990s, with the mission of keeping communism – and the Soviets – out of Sweden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive archival research and interviews with key figures, author Johan Wennström peels back the layers of secrecy surrounding the stay-behinds. This book looks at the men who created the network, the work the operatives carried out, the cell-like structure they relied on, and how the US and UK intelligence communities cooperated with the Swedish stay-behinds. This is the first in-depth study of a secret organization that helped shape modern Sweden. It also highlights lessons for today's NATO and makes the case for a defence policy grounded in national interest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52855400366296,"sku":"YSL83481","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/81mqPjJpO4L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793418353","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0hch192h3","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}