{"product_id":"stay-behinds","title":"Stay Behinds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePacked with first-hand accounts and previously classified government documents, this book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e reveals the secrets of Sweden's resistance network, created to deter a potential Soviet occupation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57257743843672,"sku":"9781472877543","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781472877543_a350cf3f-2560-4abd-aeae-d1212a203dfa.jpg?v=1780446621","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/stay-behinds","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}