The First Directorate; My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West
Nathaniel Estes (Jacket Art) New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 25 cm. [6], 374, [2] pages. Illustrations. Index. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. DJ has some staining inside. Cover has some staining outside. Some edge soiling. Oleg Danilovich Kalugin (born September 6, 1934) is a former KGB general (stripped of his rank and awards by a Russian Court decision in 2002). He was a longtime head of KGB operations in the United States and later a critic of the agency. Kalugin was assigned to Washington, DC where he was deputy resident and acting chief of the Residency at the Soviet Embassy. He became one of the KGB's top officers operating out of the Soviet embassy in Washington. That led to his being promoted to general in 1974, the youngest in its history. He then returned to KGB headquarters to become head of the foreign counterintelligence or K branch of the First Chief Directorate. He received high honors for the assassination of Bulgarian writer Georgi Markov. During 32 years with the KGB, Oleg Kalugin enjoyed one of the most meteoric and illustrious careers in the history of the Soviet spy agency, so his dramatic break with the Communist Party and his advocacy of democratic reform provided a sensational end to an amazing career. Kalugin became the highest-ranking KGB officer ever to tell his story, taking the reader into the heart of the Soviet spy apparatus at the peak of the Cold War. The First Directorate, written with journalist Fen Montaigne, is a riveting and nuanced personal account of a life in espionage. As deputy chief of station in Washington, Kalugin played a major role in handling American spy John Walker, as well as orchestrating a brazen attempt to bug the House Armed Services Committee. As chief of KGB Foreign Counter-intelligence, Kalugin helped rehabilitate the famous, broken-down English spy Kim Philby. He played a role in the assassination of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov and worked intimately with the men who ran the KGB. Condition: Good / Good.
Keywords: Intelligence, Espionage, Cold War, Counterintelligence, Russia, Kim Philby, Afghanistan, Defectors, KGB, Yuri Andropov, Gorbachev, Vladimir Kryuchkov, Daniil Nozyrev, John Walker, Alexander Yakovlev
ISBN: 0312114265
[Book #56337]
Price: $50.00