The creation and use of the atomic bomb changed the balance of power in the world, and the possession of a nuclear arsenal became the goal of many countries. But the massive use of such weapons would destroy our civilization, and perhaps life on the entire planet. Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, William Perry and Sam Nunn, as well as Sidney Drell - it was they, these soldiers of the Cold War, who prepared the negotiations on the limitation of strategic arms. These epoch-making processes are described in this book.