Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident
Francis Gary Powers, Curt Gentry
In this new edition of his classic 1970 memoir about the notorious U-2 incident, pilot Francis Gary Powers reveals the full story of what actually happened in the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history. After surviving the shoot-down of his reconnaissance plane and his capture on May 1, 1960, Powers endured sixty-one days of rigorous interrogation by the KGB, a public trial, a conviction for espionage, and the start of a ten-year sentence. After nearly two years, the U.S. government obtained his release from prison in a dramatic exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel. The narrative is a tremendously exciting suspense story about a man who was labeled a traitor by many of his countrymen but who emerged a Cold War hero.
*Original Tittle -- Operation Overflight: The U-2 spy pilot tells his story for the first time
*Original Tittle -- Operation Overflight: The U-2 spy pilot tells his story for the first time
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Year:
2004
Publisher:
Potomac Books, Inc.
Language:
english
ISBN 10:
0030830451
ISBN 13:
9780030830457
ISBN:
B0026HTTHA
File:
EPUB, 1.89 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2004