About this title: A former CIA agent tells how the agency played a major role, beginning in the mid-1980s, in helping to topple the Soviet Union. Bearden reveals the behind-the-scenes stories of intelligence gathering, clandestine operations, and the fierce rivalry between the CIA and the KGB. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
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Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Presidio Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780345472502ISBN:0345472500
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 576 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Cover has some wear at the edges and the beginning pages have a ripple. A few loose pages in the middle. Spine has a deep crease. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Presidio Press
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780345472502ISBN:0345472500
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Presidio Pr
Date Published: 2004-08-31
ISBN-13:9780345472502ISBN:0345472500
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780345472502. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 0679463097. Book and DJ have very light edgewear, tiny bit of rubbing to gold "The" on spine; 576 pages. read more
Edition: Stated 1st Edition, Ex-lib
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 6.5 x 9.5 hard cover book. Black lettering on the red and gold dust jacket spine with an illustrated cover. The inside story of the CIA's final showdown with the KGB. 560 pages. Stated 1st Edition, ex-library. Light wear. Dust jacket in mylar. Very Good/Very Good condition. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, NY:
Date Published: [2003]
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: Very good + copy with a very good + dust jacket. xi + 561, Some black-white illustrations. Dust jacket covered with mylar jacket protector. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. This 5.5 x 8.5 hard cover book has the author's names and title in black lettering on the red dust jacket spine and in olive green and gray lettering on the cover. The Main Enemy is the dramatic inside story of the CIA-KGB spy wars, told through the actions of the men who fought them. 560 pages. Dust jacket rubbed. Clean with tight binding in Fine/Near Fine condition. read more
Edition: 1st Edition 2nd Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Text is crisp and clean with no flaws. Edges are straight and square. Cover is fine with no wear. Dustjacket has very minor shelfwear to top and bottom edge, else fine. DJ now protected with clear mylar cover. Not a remainder. Book contains 16 pages of black and white photographs. Selected bibliography and index. Title-page photograph of The Shield and The Sword, the emblem of the Russian couterintelligence service: Itar-Tass/Sovfoto. FIRST ... read more
Binding: book Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: Brand New. Brand new. Never read or owned. May have a remainder mark. 560 pages. 9.50 x 6.50 x 2.00 in. 32.0 oz. A landmark collaboration between a thirty-year veteran of the CIA and a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, --The Main Enemy--is 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 Main Enemy puts us inside the heads of CIA officers as they dodge surveillance and ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, NY
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First printing. There are two brief notations in light pencil on the flyleaf, apparently by a careful reader, pointing out errors in the text, otherwise fine in a fine dustjacket. read more
Description: Good. [ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Torn pages: NO ] [ Broken Seams: NO ] Publisher: Random House Pub Date: 5/6/2003 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 576. read more
Edition: First Edition; Second Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House Inc, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780679463092ISBN:0679463097
Description: New in New dust jacket. 0679463097. New; New second printing hardcover and dust jacket in excellent condition. Protective mylar cover. read more
Description: New in New jacket. pp. 560. 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 ... read more
"I have had this book in my collection for a while now. I recently read the book and saw the movie, "Charlie Wilson's War," which peaked my interest. So I picked up this book and began reading. It is divided into two sections. Section one is a reviting insider's look at the Cold War during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Bearden's "on the front lines" look into the "war" between the CIA and the KGB is detailed but interesting. Especially compelling is his discussion of, "The Year of the Spy." During 1985, almost all of the CIA's spies inside the KGB were rolled up. The Moscow bureau became a virtual storage facility because they were not getting any information. Of course we all now know that it was Robert Hanssen who was betraying the KGB spies as well as American CIA agents in the USSR.
The second half of the book looks at Bearden's time as the Station Chief in Pakistan during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. Learning the about the dealings behind the scenes and the people and countries involves is amazing or rather frightening; however, it gives the reader a better insight into the minds of the terrorists who haunt us now."
"This book should be titled: "The Enemy of My Main Enemy is My Friend: Gee I hope the Enemy doesn't come back to fight me."
Bearden crafts an excellent book about his involvement with the CIA. Hearing the stories from the mouth of the horse, especially when the horse stands on the front lines. That holds even if the CIA probably watered down the juicy stuff.
I don't know if this book enjoyed popular success. It certainly should have. These events are the beginning of the blowback.
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