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Operation Overflight : A Memoir of the U-2 Incident by Powers, Francis Gary, 1929; Gentry, Curt is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Operation Overflight : A Memoir of the U-2 Incident about?
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. *Original Tittle -- Operation Overflight: The U-2 spy pilot tells his story for the first time
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Powers, Francis Gary, 1929; Gentry, Curt
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Incorporated
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781574884227
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.17 / 5 (108 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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