Information Warfare Between the USSR and the West: Generalization and Experience Comprehension

The article presents a factual retrospective review of the public consciousness deformation as a result of successful subversive ideological and psychological work against the USSR, carried out by the United States in the second half of the 20th century, called the Cold War. Evidence from documents and memoirs of the events participants allows us to realize the continuing relevance of the systemic danger of a destructive information impact for modern Russia.