| The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program: 1954-1974 Contributor(s): Fensch, Thomas (Editor), McDonald, J. K. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0930751108 ISBN-13: 9780930751104 Publisher: Sharon's Books OUR PRICE: $23.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2001 Annotation: The C.I.A. and the U-2 Program, 1954-1974 is the formerly Top Secret C.I.A. internal history of the development of the U-2. It describes: the development of the U-2 which was half jet-half glider; why half of all UFO sightings during the text years of the U-2 were actually U-2 sightings; U-2 flights over Russia (the Francis Gary Powers shoot-down in May, 1960), flights over the Soviet Vloc, the Middle East, Asia, North Vietnam and Latin America and the geopolitical significance of high-flight spy planes. This is the first commercial publication of these formerly Top Secret files. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - United States |
| LCCN: 2001117311 |
| Series: Top Secret (New Century) |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6.3" W x 9.12" (1.07 lbs) 296 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |