CIA Spymaster : The Agency's Top Case Officer Who Handled Penkovsky and Popov

by Ashley, Clarence

• ISBN13: 9781589802346
• ISBN10: 1589802349
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

For nearly thirty years, CIA case officer George Kisevalter lived the Cold War.

Author Biography

Clarence Ashley worked as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency, assessing Soviet strategic missile capabilities and preparing national intelligence estimates. He met George Kisevalter when he began a new career in commercial real estate. Working together for years, the two became close friends and remained so after Kisevalter's retirement. Currently, Mr. Ashley is the owner and principal broker of a commercial real-estate firm in northern Virginia and is an active member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers

Table of Contents

Foreword	9	(4)
Prologue	13	(6)
Acknowledgments	19	(8)
Part I: The Good Soldier
Chapter 1 The Old Guard	27	(16)
Chapter 2 Russian Legacy	43	(9)
Chapter 3 Olive Drab	52	(12)
Chapter 4 The Central Intelligence Agency	64	(17)
Part II: Popov
Chapter 5 The Peasant	81	(17)
Chapter 6 Ferdi	98	(11)
Chapter 7 Reunited	109	(7)
Chapter 8 Berlin	116	(11)
Chapter 9 Tradecraft	127	(14)
Part III: Penkovsky
Chapter 10 The Letter	141	(13)
Chapter 11 The Man from the Caucasus	154	(35)
Chapter 12 Common Purpose	189	(16)
Chapter 13 City of Light	205	(9)
Chapter 14 Missile Crises	214	(13)
Chapter 15 Reflections	227	(10)
Part IV: The Reluctant Warrior
Chapter 16 Turkish Rondo	237	(9)
Chapter 17 Associations	246	(6)
Chapter 18 Cherepanov	252	(12)
Chapter 19 The Ukrainian	264	(13)
Chapter 20 Sasha	277	(13)
Chapter 21 Mementos	290	(17)
Chapter 22 Taps	307	(8)
Epilogue	315	(10)
Notes	325	(20)
Index	345