After the end of World War II, the former allies of the USSR in the anti-Hitler coalition started the Cold War, and the seeds of hatred sown by it sprouted throughout the world. It lasted so long that it became a rigid structure that determined all events in the world. Americans, Russians, Europeans and everyone else have become hostages of this confrontation. Its true history is fraught with many unsolved mysteries and secrets: political intrigues, intelligence operations, people’s misconceptions and the ambitions of rulers. Leonid Mlechin’s book recreates the main battles of the Cold War and portraits of those who fought it - political leaders, military and intelligence officers.< /p>