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In ‘Best of Enemies,’ we meet KGB agent Gennady Vasilenko, who befriended his counterparts in the CIA and FBI and even Robert De Niro. Those friendships proved his undoing.
Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall are the authors of Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War.
Russo is the author of nine books, including Supermob: How Sidney Korshak and His Criminal Associates Became America's Hidden Power Brokers and The Outfit: The Role of Chicago's Underworld in the Making of Modern America. He has written for the Baltimore Sun, Nation, Washington Post, Book Forum, Variety, and Huffington Post.
Eric Dezenhall is the author of ten books, including Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal, and Damage Control: Why Everything You Know about Crisis Management Is Wrong (with John Weber). He has written for publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, New Republic, and Huffington Post.