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Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair
Mayday Eisenhower Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair
Author: Michael R. Beschloss
Francis Gary Powers, discharged from the USAF in '56 as a captain, joined CIA's U-2 program. U-2s flew at over 70,000', invulnerable to Soviet anti-aircraft weapons, taking high-resolution photos from the stratosphere of military and other sites. Soviet intelligence had been aware of them since '56, but lacked counter-measures &#...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060155650
ISBN-10: 0060155655
Publication Date: 3/1988
Pages: 494
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Publisher: Smithmark Pub
Book Type: Hardcover
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