Eyes in the sky : : Eisenhower, the Cia, and Cold War Aerial Espionage
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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.
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PUBLISHED
Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: xiv, 466 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
159114082X
9781591140825
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Taylor, Doris G.
SUBJECTS
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
Cold War.
Aerial reconnaissance, American -- History -- 20th century.