The author of this book, Oleg Maksimovich Khlobustov, is a “hereditary security officer”, a major specialist in the history of Russian special services, who has published more than 300 different works on this topic. In his new book, O. M. Khlobustov answers a question that interests many readers: How could it happen that the State Security Committee of the USSR, which rightfully belonged to the strongest intelligence services in the world, could allow the collapse of the Soviet Union? Who, in particular, “took the KGB out of the game” at the most dramatic moment in our history, in August 1991?.. In addition, based on archival documents, this book introduces readers not only to the history of the creation and activities of the KGB, but also to the secrets “Third World War” - the Cold War between the Commonwealth of Socialist States and the NATO bloc.