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Spy Handler is Victor Cherkashin's memoir of 38 years in the KGB, from 1953 to the Soviet collapse in 1991. He rose to be the KGB's number-two man at the Soviet embassy in Washington and personally handled Aldrich Ames, the CIA officer he recruited in 1985. He also writes about Robert Hanssen's recruitment and the tradecraft of running agents abroad. It suits readers of Cold War espionage history who want the handler's side rather than the defector's. Compared with memoirs by defectors such as Ames or Hanssen's case files, it is a defender's account: detailed on operations, thin on self-criticism.
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Reviewers treat it as a valuable primary source on the Ames and Hanssen cases, written by the man who handled Ames. Many praise the operational detail and the insider view of KGB counterintelligence. Some find the tone self-serving and the prose workmanlike.
Spy Handler is a memoir by Victor Cherkashin, who served in the KGB for thirty-eight years, from Stalin's death in 1953 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. It follows his career from his recruitment through his rise in counterintelligence to his post as the KGB's number-two man at the Soviet Embassy in Washington.
Cherkashin took part in high-profile Cold War cases, including tracking down U.S. and British spies around the world. He was posted to stations in the U.S., Australia, India, and Lebanon. He also traveled for operations in England, Europe, and the Middle East.
The book covers 1985, known as "the Year of the Spy." In April of that year, Cherkashin recruited CIA officer Aldrich Ames and became his principal handler. He gives his account of how and why Ames turned against his country, and offers new details about Robert Hanssen's recruitment and later exposure. He also addresses whether another undiscovered KGB spy is still at large.
