Spy handler : memoir of a KGB officer : the true story of the man who recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames / Victor Cherkashin with Gregory Feifer.

Author/creator Cherkashin, Victor, 1932-
Other author Feifer, Gregory.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Basic Books, ©2005.
Descriptionxiv, 338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Cherkashin, Victor, 1932-
Soviet Union. Komitet gosudarstvennoĭ bezopasnosti.
Intelligence officers--Soviet Union. --Biography.
Espionage, Soviet--History. --20th century.
Intelligence service--Soviet Union.
Spies--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations.

Contents Inside the lion's den : Washington Station -- The training of a KGB handler -- Cold War frontline : Beirut -- Treason -- Intrigue at Moscow centre -- Washington Station : the redefector -- Washington Station : the most dangerous spy -- Washington Station : how to catch a spy -- Washington Station : the biggest catch : Hanssen -- The final years of the KGB -- Wild capitalism on the streets of new Russia -- Lessons of Cold War espionage.
General note"A Member of the Perseus Books Group."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 315-318) and index.
LCCN 2004017609
ISBN0465009689 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks JN6529.I6 C49 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold