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Operation Overflight
Francis Gary PowersCurt Gentry
其他書名
A Memoir of the U-2 Incident
出版Potomac Books, Inc., 2004
主題Biography & Autobiography / MilitaryHistory / Military / GeneralHistory / United States / 20th Century
ISBN15979799619781597979962
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=neLjKsrpjqMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.