Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy

by Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant

Book Overview

Based on newly available information, the son of famed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents the facts and dispels misinformation about the Cold War espionage program that turned his father into a Cold War icon..One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960. The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1633884686
• ISBN13: 9781633884687
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Prometheus Books
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"