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

The Main Enemy is a gripping and informative account of the CIA-KGB spy wars, told through the experiences of those who fought them.

Based on interviews with operatives from both sides, this book provides a unique perspective on the actions of CIA officers in Moscow and the clandestine operations they carried out around the world.

With a focus on the last days of the Cold War, The Main Enemy reveals startling new information about fail-safe back channels between the CIA and KGB, double and triple agents, covert operations in Berlin and Prague, and the fateful autumn of 1989.

Written by a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and a thirty-year veteran of the CIA, this book is history at its action-packed best.