The memoirs of a high-ranking espionage chief as revealed to his ex-CIA agent friend.
The memoirs of a high-ranking espionage chief as revealed to his ex-CIA agent friend.
Tennent H. Bagley served for twenty-two years in the Central Intelligence Agency, where he handled spies and defectors in the clandestine services division before becoming chief of Soviet bloc counterintelligence. The author of Spy Wars: Moles, Mysteries, and Deadly Games, Bagley lives in Brussels, Belgium.
Bagley skillfully condenses the bulk of Kondrashev s interviews and
stories. . . The author portrays in riveting detail the spy s
considerable ascent from managing successful counterintelligence
decoding operations to dexterously handling traitorous high-level
moles. . . A respectful, introspective expose of a great emissary
who became a friend. --Kirkus Reviews
Fans of spy nonfiction, prepare to get giddy with excitement. Not
only does this book draw on the previously unpublished memoirs of a
veteran Russian intelligence operative, Sergey Kondrashev, it's
written by a veteran CIA operative. . . . Although the inner
workings of Cold War-era Russian intelligence have been written
about before, mostly in spy novels, this may be most readers' first
exposure to this material in a real-world setting. Kondrashev's
adventures--including his key role in the suppression of the
Hungarian Revolution and his relationship with George Blake, the
MI6 agent who, in the 1950s, was secretly passing information to
the KGB--don't spring from a writer's imagination. This stuff
actually happened. A rare glimpse behind the closed doors of
Russian intelligence. --Booklist
Bagley's informed commentary adds penetrating insight and context.
. . . Spymaster is in many ways a fitting and worthy sequel to
Bagley's earlier, acclaimed Spy Wars. As Putin's Russia slips
steadily deeper into its KGB pedigree, Spymaster is a required and
welcome read.. --Dr. John J. Dziak, author of Chekisty: A History
of the KGB
Bagley grasps the unique opportunity to not only spill classified
spy secrets and disinformation schemes, but also to posthumously
venerate a world-class spymaster. A respectful, introspective
expose of a great emissary who became a friend. --Kirkus
Reviews
With his Spymaster, Pete Bagley has produced the scintillating
stuff of espionage history. This page-turner is a must read for
anyone who wants the inside story behind the Cold War's most
important spy games. --Frederick Kempe, author of Berlin 1961:
Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
Tennent Bagley's Spymaster is the single most revealing book about
espionage to emerge from the Cold War. --Edward Jay Epstein, author
of Deception: The Invisible War Between The KGB and the CIA
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