About the book: 2023 / The foreign policy of the USSR in the second half of the 20th century has always been the subject of many discussions and heated debates. The abundance of conflicting opinions on this topic has given rise to a number of current tales associated both with the figures of the main players of the Cold War and with many key events of that time. In his new book, the famous Soviet historian E. Yu. Spitsyn argues and gives a strictly scientific view of these most important pages of Soviet and world history, which many compatriots still associate with the best years of their lives. The author managed not only to find many interesting facts and highlight little-known events of that era, but also to refute a lot of fakes related to the Berlin and Middle East crises, the history of the creation of NATO and the Warsaw Warfare, the events of the Hungarian uprising and the “Prague Spring”, the Vietnamese and Afghan wars, as well as the history of very difficult relations between the USSR, the USA and China. The publication will be of interest to all history buffs, students and university teachers, especially future diplomats and their mentors.