The book lifts the veil of mystery about Lend-Lease. It objectively sets out the history of economic relations between the United States of America, Great Britain and the Soviet Union during World War II. Based on the analysis of archival data, statistical materials, generalization of facts set out in little-known publications, the author determined the most reliable cost of Lend-Lease supplies and calculated their significance taking into account the present value of money. Characteristics of the brightest and most controversial politicians of the 20th century are given. Their role in the preparation and implementation of the deal of the century is revealed. The book is equipped with a large number of applications that are informatively valuable and useful for the reader to understand the events that happened 60 years ago. For students and teachers of economic universities and departments, as well as for a wide range of readers.

Natalya Viktorovna Butenina - Candidate of Historical Sciences . Graduate and postgraduate student of the Russian State University for the Humanities. Specializes in Lend-Lease research and historical analysis of rental relations. For a number of years, he has been preparing information and analytical materials on the features, trends and directions of development of the leasing services market in the Russian Federation. He is the author of twelve scientific publications on the recent history of economic relations between the USA, Great Britain and Russia. Since 1998, working for the companies Garantinvest and RMB-Leasing, he has been analyzing the development of leasing activities in Russia.