Memoirs / by Petr G. Grigorenko ; translated by Thomas P. Whitney.

Includes index

Cont.: 1: The falcon responds to the lure -- I did not have a childhood -- I learn of my nationality -- "To be cooked in the workers' pot" -- A new "pot" -- A profession for life -- Vitebsk -- 2: The flight of the trained falcon -- Minsk fortified area -- The general staff academy -- The Far East -- Intelligence summary number eight -- The war begins -- 1941-43 -- Unexpected rest -- The fourth Ukrainian front -- The war ends -- A decisive turning point -- The Frunze military academy -- 3: The falcon casts off his hood -- My dash to freedom -- For the rebirth of Leninism -- The Serbsky institute -- First swallows of freedom -- Feeling my way -- Guerrilla warfare -- Head-on battle -- Under siege -- Psychoprison -- No rest for us -- Far from home