The book by Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Mikhailovich Vasilevsky tells about his years of service in the Red Army. The author recalls his participation in the Civil and Great Patriotic Wars, in the defeat of Japan and the work of the Headquarters of the Supreme High Command. On the pages of the book by A.M. Vasilevsky shares his impressions of his contemporaries and colleagues - M.V. Frunze, I.P. Uborevich, B.M. Shaposhnikov, M.N. Tukhachevsky, K.E. Voroshilov. The book is addressed to a wide range of readers.