The Lifting the Fog: The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022)

Lifting the Fog: The Secret History of the Dutch Defense Intelligence and Security Service (1912-2022) is unique as a general body of knowledge about the history of the Dutch intelligence and security services since 1913. The chapters alternate between a general historical overview and a number of case studies spread out over the more-than-a-century long history that taken together give a good insight into the main functions of a middle-size military intelligence service as The Netherlands has known. The MIVD is giving the author access to the archives of the MIVD and its predecessors, which normally are closed to outsiders.

Bob de Graaff is professor for intelligence and security studies at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands since 2010. He’s co-founder of the Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association the European chapter of the International Association for Intelligence Education (IAFIE). His book Stepping Stones To Freedom. Help to Allied Airmen in The Netherlands During World War II, Missouri 2003 was considered to be one of the five best about the costs of courage under Nazism in the Wall Street Journal (October 25, 2018).