title: The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with the KGB
author: Milton Bearden
description: ADVANCE PRAISE FOR THE MAIN ENEMY<br /><br />"Risen, the journalistic outsider, and Bearden, the clandestine insider, have combined their insight and knowledge to give us a compelling account of the last fierce days of Cold War machinations between Soviet and American intelligence. This is history very up close and very personal. --Seymour M. Hersh<br /><br />"Fascinating stuff . . . an inside view of a complex world . . . it doesn't get any better than this. It's great." --Robert De Niro<br /><br />"Some study war from an armchair; others through field glasses. The best go into the firing line. Milt Bearden of the CIA was one of those. For those of us who recall the Cold War, this is fascinating stuff. For those who are too young, read and learn."--Frederick Forsyth, author of <i>The Day of the Jackal</i> and<i> The Dogs of War</i><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>
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  **Table of Contents**
  
    
  
  _Title Page_
  
   _Dedication_
  
   _Epigraph_
  
   _Introduction_
  
   _Foreword_
  
    
  
  Chapter 1 - The Auction
  
  Chapter 2 - Out from Under Hitler’s Shadow
  
  Chapter 3 - Stalin’s Pupils
  
  Chapter 4 - The GDR Comes of Age, and So Do I
  
  Chapter 5 - Learning by Doing
  
  Chapter 6 - Khrushchev Opens Our Eyes
  
  Chapter 7 - A Concrete Solution
  
  Chapter 8 - Spying for Love
  
  Chapter 9 - The Chancellor’s Shadow
  
  Chapter 10 - The Poison of Betrayal
  
  Chapter 11 - Intelligence and Counterintelligence
  
  Chapter 12 - “Active Measures”
  
  Chapter 13 - Terrorism and the GDR
  
  Chapter 14 - Enemy Territory
  
  Chapter 15 - Cuba
  
  Chapter 16 - The End of the Old Order
  
  Chapter 17 - Epilogue
  
    
  
  _Index_
  
   _Copyright Page_
  
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   **For Andrea**
  
  > > > > > > Without a maximum of knowledge, you are unable  
  >  To put spies successfully in place.  
  >  Without humanity and justice you are unable  
  >  To send scouts ahead.  
  >  Without sure instincts and a