Spy pilot : Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / Francis Gar...
Spy pilot : Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / Francis Gar...
Spy pilot : Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant ; foreword by Sergei Khrushchev.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/3349
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
The restless heart -- Open skies -- Mayday repatriated -- Lost in a crowd -- Searching for Francis -- Voice from the grave -- The last echo -- Unfinished business.
Publication information
Publisher
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2019]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"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 his father was part of. 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...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Spy pilot : Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant ; foreword by Sergei Khrushchev.
Portion of title
Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy
Authors, Artists and Contributors
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
©2019
Identifiers
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Call Numbers
G 2019/3349
Record Identifier
74VKVeqlVkoX
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVeqlVkoX
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ISBN
1633884686
9781633884687 (hardback)
DDC
327.1273047092 B
MMS ID
991024252518002626
