Inside the KGB: My Life in Soviet Espionage

New York: Pantheon Books, c1990. First American Edition. First? Printing. 25 cm, 406, index, red mark on top edge, edge soiled. Foreword by Frederick Forsyth. The author, a defector, was in the KGB's first chief Directorate engaged in illegal operations, stationed in Iran. He describes the recruitment and training of operatives, surveillance, and intelligence-gathering, and portrays a corrupt bureaucracy. Condition: good, good.

Keywords: KGB, Afghanistan, Communism, GRU, Pahlevi, Iran, Khomeini, Intelligence Serv., SAVAK

ISBN: 0679401466

[Book #26628]

Price: $31.50