I recently finished reading the book “Om Svensk Underrättelsetjänst”(About Swedish Counter-Intelligence) written by the author Jan-Olof Grahn who was head over the military oriented part of the Swedish National Defence Radio Establishment during the later part of the cold war. The book is only available in Swedish but I will write the review in English for consistency.
As the book title says it will go into how the Swedish Counter-Intelligence Community works and include discussions about it.
The book is structured into short chapters, each with a clear purpose, which makes it an easy and giving read. Naturally some chapters were more interesting for me while others were not.
Some of the most giving chapters:
- Om legalitet och moral (about legality and moral)
- Om framtiden (about the future)
- Om felbedömningar (about miscalculations)
The auther is highly skilled in presenting the reader with arguments why it is and disputes what he does not agrees with. This makes the book a refreshing read and I would like even more such content.
Other than that, the book are consise and well written.
While the book gives a good read about how Counter-Intelligence Organisations work with a focus on Sweden it does not give any material how to actually perform Counter-Intelligence work as an analyst, this is probably out of the scope for the book and alternative reading material is needed.