A new book of interest has been published in Finland. Here are some details in English.
INTELLIGENCE AND ESPIONAGE: TRAINING, OPERATIONS, AGENTS
A good spy doesn't go to the safe, he searches and recruits people who have the key to the safe.
A true espionage bible from an expert in the shadow world. Jukka Rislakki, who has closely followed the topic for decades, has written a thorough work on the history, present and future of espionage. He comprehensively presents the industry's key actors, methods of operation and legendary spies both in Finland and internationally.
Pseudonyms, poisons, assassinations, shadowing and kidnappings In the world of espionage and intelligence, many methods are the same, but a lot has also changed. A thorough work on the history of espionage and intelligence and the present day from a Finnish perspective. It tells about the most central players in the industry, legendary spies and what methods they use.
The book tells incredible stories, both sad and unintentionally comical, including answers to questions such as these:
· What is intelligence and what is espionage?
· What is code and cipher?
· Who were Sorge, Sonja and Zoja?
· What was operation Ryan?
· What does MKULTRA mean?
· Who was agent "Lassila"?
· Why did Hohlov have to learn to whistle well?
· What did the "home Russians" do?
· How did Finland abandon its agents in Estonia?
· What was Britain's legendary SIS really like?
· What impossible task did Veera Tervaoja get?
· What are KGB, FSB, CIA, NSA, MI6, Vkoel, Supo, NKVD?
· What mistakes did the intelligence services make in Barbarossa 1941 and Ukraine 2022?
· What does the Secret Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) Agency do?
· How die the CIA help Armi Kuusela become Miss Universe?
· What did Reino Hallamaa do in Pori jazz?
· What was the "half-burnt codebook"?
· What was the Secret Police Chief Titlinen list of agents ?
