Secrets of Signals Intelligence During the Cold War: From Cold War to GlobalizationMatthew M. Aid, Cees Wiebes In recent years the importance of Signals Intelligence (Sigint) has become more prominent, especially the capabilities of reading and deciphering diplomatic, military and commercial communications of other nations. This work reveals the role of intercepting messages during the Cold War. |
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2 The National Security Agency and the Cold War | 27 |
3 GCHQ and Sigint in Early Cold War 194570 | 67 |
4 Canadas Communications Security Establishment from Cold War to Globalization | 97 |
5 The Bundesnachrichtendienst the Bundeswehr and Sigint in the Cold War and After | 129 |
6 France Sigint and the Cold War | 177 |
7 Scandinavia Sigint and the Cold War | 209 |
8 Dutch Sigint during the Cold War194594 | 243 |
9 Dutch Sigint and the Conflict with Indonesia 195062 | 285 |
10 Conclusions | 313 |
Abstracts | 333 |
About the Contributors | 338 |
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