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Oleg Kalugin oversaw the work of American spies, matched wits with the CIA, and became one of the youngest generals in KGB history. Even so, he grew increasingly disillusioned with the Soviet system. In 1990, he went public, exposing the intelligence agency's shadowy methods. Spymaster is Kalugin's impressively illuminating memoir of the final years of the Soviet Union.

Nothing less than a full-scale personal account of a life in espionage, this fascinating memoir is a tale not only of the KGB-CIA espionage battles at the height of the Cold War, but also of one man's growing disillusionment with the system which nurtured him.

Oleg Kalugin oversaw the work of American spies, matched wits with the CIA, and became one of the youngest generals in KGB history. Even so, he grew increasingly disillusioned with the Soviet system. In 1990, he went public, exposing the intelligence agency's shadowy methods. Spymaster is Kalugin's impressively illuminating memoir of the final years of the Soviet Union.