The book of the famous Soviet historian Professor N.N. Yakovlev consists of two parts. The first tells about the subversive work of the CIA against the Soviet Union. The second part is devoted to the activities of the American intelligence agencies - military counterintelligence, the FBI, the NSA and others, as well as the work of the CIA within the United States. The book is full of facts little known to a wide range of readers, in its creation for the first time used documents showing the history of the CIA since its founding in 1947.