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Operation Overflight

Operation Overflight

A Memoir of the U-2 Incident

by Curt GentryFrancis Gary Powers and Curt Gentry
Paperback
Publication Date: 20/04/2004

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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 1st May 1960, Powers endured 61 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 man who was labelled a traitor by many of his countrymen, but who emerged a Cold War hero
ISBN:
9781574884227
9781574884227
Category:
Military intelligence
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
20-04-2004
Publisher:
Potomac Books Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
344
Dimensions (mm):
230x150x25mm
Weight:
0.5kg
Curt Gentry

Curt Gentry was an American author who is best known for co-authoring Helter Skelter with Vincent Bugliosi. He died in San Francisco aged 83 in 2014.

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