Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Francy Gary Powers, Keith Dunnavant, Sergei Khrushchev (Foreword by)Publish date:2019-01-22Pages:312
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781633884687ISBN-10:1633884686UPC:9781633884687Book Category:History, Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Intelligence & Espionage, MilitarySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC9DGJTZP1
Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy
Based on newly available information, the son of famed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents the facts and dispels misinformation about the Cold War espionage program that turned his father into a Cold War icon..One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. The event was...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Prometheus BooksISBN-13:9781633884687ISBN-10:1633884686UPC:9781633884687Book Category:History, Political Science, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, Intelligence & Espionage, MilitarySize:9.10 x 6.10 x 1.30 inchesWeight:1.1508Product ID:SC9DGJTZP1
Francis Gary Powers Jr. is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Cold War Museum, a 501(c) (3) charity in Vint Hill, Virginia, near Washington, DC. As chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Cold War Theme Study, he works with the National Park Service and leading Cold War experts to identify historic Cold War sites for commemoration, interpretion, and preservation. He served...
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Contributor(s)
Francy Gary Powers, Keith Dunnavant, Sergei Khrushchev (Foreword by)
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