The author of memoirs, formerly one of the leaders of the Prague Spring of 1968, talks about the dramatic events of those days in Czechoslovakia, about how decisions were made regarding the fate of the people, about those who were the main characters in the highest echelons of power of the Soviet Union (L. Brezhnev, A. Kosygin, I. Shelest, etc.) and Czechoslovakia (A. Dubchek, O. Chernik, J. Smrkovsky, etc.), on the introduction of troops of neighboring states into Czechoslovak territory.