Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA s Final Showdown with the KGB

The dramatic inside story of the CIA-KGB spy wars, told through the actions of the men who fought them. Based on hundreds of interviews with operatives from both sides, the book tells of the clandestine operations they masterminded. Bearden led America to victory in the secret war against the Soviets in Afghanistan, & reveals what he did & whom America backed, & why. He witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall, the revolutions that swept across Eastern Europe & the implosion of the Soviet Union. Laced with startling revelations -- about fail-safe top-secret back channels between the CIA & KGB, double & triple agents, covert operations in Berlin & Prague, & the fateful autumn of 1989 -- this is history at its action-packed best. Photos.