New book by an outstanding historian , writer and military analyst Victor Suvorov - the first part of the trilogy "Chronicle of the Great Decade" written in the best traditions of the bestseller "Kuzkina Mother" , Grand historical reconstruction of the events of the late 1940s - the first half of the 1950s When a severe post-war crisis forced the leadership of the Soviet Union to look for new ways of development of the country Putting the known and little-known facts and events of those years into a single mosaic, the author tells about the struggle for power in the leadership of the USSR in the first post-war decade, about the decisions made by the leaders of the Soviet Union, and about the consequences of these decisions. This is a book about ,. how Stalin's constant failures in domestic and foreign policy in the post-war years led the country to a severe crisis on the struggle of clans within the Soviet leadership and their secret plans On political intrigues and , how the system of government of the country and its satellites was actually arranged . The events of that time marked a turning point in the development of the Soviet Union and predetermined the subsequent collapse of the USSR and the triumph of capitalist economies and the free market. "Against all" - a new sensational version of our history, destroying the usual ideas and myths about the causes of the key events of the mid-20th century The book contains more than 130 photographs, including rare archival photographs published in Russia for the first time.