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Eyes in the sky : Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage
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- Creator
- Dino A. Brugioni ; edited by Doris G. Taylor
- Format
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xiv, 466 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781591140825, 1612510140, 1281969036, 159114082X, 9786613793942
- OCLC
- ocn712016044, ocn436622444
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- The beginning -- The awakening -- Cold War overflights -- Allen Dulles becomes CIA director -- The awakening of science as an intelligence collector -- Under way -- 1955 : year of transition to technology -- The U-2 missions begin -- Suez, Little Rock, Hungary, and the Black Knight flights -- The technological capabilities panel -- The U-2 flights resume -- Tactical use of the U-2 and related technical developments -- The missile gap and the Gary Powers flight -- The Corona Program gets under way -- The missile gap is solved