In his four decades as a KGB officer, Victor Cherkashin was a central player in the shadowy world of Cold War espionage. From his rigorous training in Soviet intelligence in the early 1950s to his prime spot as the KGB's head of counterintelligence at the Soviet embassy in Washi…
A retired KGB official whose career ranged from Stalin's death in 1953 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 provides an insider's view of the KGB's conflict with the United States and reveals details about the agency's secret inner workings. "In his four decades as a KGB off…
A retired KGB official whose career ranged from Stalin's death in 1953 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991 provides an insider's view of the KGB's conflict with the United States and reveals details about the agency's secret inner workings.
According to KGB archives, Pavel Sudoplatov directed the secretive Administration for Special Tasks. This department was responsible for kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare during World War II; it also set up illegal networks in the United States and Weste…
According to KGB archives, Pavel Sudoplatov directed the secretive Administration for Special Tasks. This department was responsible for kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare during World War II; it also set up illegal networks in the United States and Weste…
According to KGB archives, Pavel Sudoplatov directed the secretive Administration for Special Tasks. This department was responsible for kidnapping, assassination, sabotage, and guerrilla warfare during World War II; it also set up illegal networks in the United States and Weste…
Former KGB operative Feklisov's memoirs detail his activities supervising American engineer Julius Rosenburg and English physicist Klaus Fuchs. Feklisov also describes his role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, serving as a mediator between Kennedy and Krushchev. The book provides an…
Until the publication of this book, Alexander Feklisov's role was unknown to the general public. Feklisov reveals for the first time that he was the case officer handling the secret Rosenberg intelligence network in New York. He claims that he actually formed a close friendship …