Spy Handler Memoir of a KGB Officer: The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich Ames

by Cherkashin, Victor; Feifer, Gregory

• ISBN13: 9780465009695
• ISBN10: 0465009697
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780786724406
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

In a memoir more chilling than a John le Carre novel, we meet the senior KGB officer who recruited and handled two of America's most dangerous traitors, and whose career spanned four continents

Author Biography

Victor Cherkashin, a retired KGB colonel, was awarded the prestigious Order of Lenin. During his four decades working for the KGB, he was stationed at various times in West Germany, India, Australia, Lebanon, and Washington, D.C. Following his retirement, he began a private security company in Russia, which he still runs. He lives in Moscow. Gregory Feifer holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Russian Studies from Harvard. A former Radio Free Europe Moscow correspondent, Feifer lived in Russia from 1998 to 2003. He covered Russian politics for a number of publications, including the Moscow Times, World Policy Journal, and Agence France-Presse. He lives in New York City. Victor Cherkashin, a retired KGB colonel, was awarded the prestigious Order of Lenin. During his four decades working for the KGB, he was stationed at various times in West Germany, India, Australia, Lebanon, and Washington, D.C. Following his retirement, he began a private security company in Russia, which he still runs. He lives in Moscow. Gregory Feifer holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Russian Studies from Harvard. A former Radio Free Europe Moscow correspondent, Feifer lived in Russia from 1998 to 2003. He covered Russian politics for a number of publications, including the Moscow Times, World Policy Journal, and Agence France-Presse. He lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xiii
Prologue Betrayal	1	(10)
Inside the Lion's Den: Washington Station	11	(24)
The Training of a KGB Handler	35	(40)
Cold War Front Line: Beirut	75	(26)
Treason	101	(16)
Intrigue at Moscow Center	117	(20)
Washington Station: The Redefector	137	(42)
Washington Station: The Most Dangerous Spy	179	(32)
Washington Station: How to Catch a Spy	211	(16)
Washington Station: The Biggest Catch: Hanssen	227	(30)
The Final Years of the KGB	257	(28)
Wild Capitalism in New Russia	285	(22)
Epilogue Lessons of Cold War Espionage	307	(8)
Notes	315	(4)
Index	319