Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident (Revised) - Softcover

Powers, Francis Gary; Gentry, Curt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1574884220 ISBN 13: 9781574884227

Verlag: University of Nebraska Press, 2003

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"Powers seems the epitome of the spy in his very interesting chronicle. The story he writes is immensely personal, filled at various times with pride, fears, and misgivings."--Library Journal--Library Journal "The decision to send a U-2 over Russia just before a summit convergence was, the author believes, a bungle by American intelligence for which he was made, to a limited extent, the scapegoat . . . . Powers's book is interesting all by itself, and it joins the roster of works that have been raising an exasperating problem: How can an open society cope with secret agencies, its own or anybody else's?"--The New Yorker--The New Yorker "A glimpse into a shadowy world where half-truths, lies, blunders, and cover-ups are accepted realities . . . . Possibly the most unsettling moment in the book is the discussion of the CIA's relative independence, even of the President."--New York Times Book Review--New York Times Book Review

Reseña del editor:

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.

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• Verlag: University of Nebraska Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1574884220
• ISBN 13: 9781574884227
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 360