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Eyes in the sky [electronic resource] : Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage / Dino A. Brugioni ; edited by Doris G. Taylor.
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TextPublication details: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010.Description: xiv, 466 p., [32] p. of plates : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification: - 327.1273009/045 22
- UG763 .B78 2010
Contents:
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.
