About the book: 2019 / The confrontation between the KGB and the CIA during the Cold War has always been in the center of public attention, but it manifested itself most clearly in the 1980s, called by historians the decade of espionage. The author talks in sufficient detail about the “exploits” of the CIA during that period of time on the territory of our country, the ways and methods of recruiting our compatriots by the Americans, the tactics of the CIA organizing secret contacts with its agents. In chronological order, it reveals the majority of (successful and not so successful) KGB operations against American intelligence services in the 70-90s of the last century. A special place in the author’s narrative is occupied by the operational game “Phantom” - a unique counterintelligence operation carried out by the KGB, according to experts from the CIA . employees of the CIA embassy station in Moscow.