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The book provides details of the president's backing of the U-2's development and its use to dispel the bomber gap and to provide data on Soviet missile and nuclear efforts and to deal with crises in the Suez, Lebanon, Chinese Off Shore Islands, Tibet, Indonesia, East Germany, and elsewhere. Brugioni offers new information about Eisenhower's order of U-2 flights over Malta, Cyprus, Toulon, and Israel and subsequent warnings to the British, French, and Israelis that the U.S. would not support an invasion of Egypt. He notes that the president also backed the development of the CORONA photographic satellite, which eventually proved the missile gap with the Soviet Union didn't exist, and a variety of other satellite systems that detected and monitored problems around the world. The unsung reconnaissance roles played by Jimmy Doolittle and Edwin Land are also highlighted in this revealing study of Cold War espionage.
Author: Theresa B. Tabak
ISBN-10: 159114082X
ISBN-13: 9781591140825
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
Language: English
Published: 05/15/2010
Pages: 520
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.82lbs
Size: 9.28h x 6.62w x 1.41d
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2010 pg. 86
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 285
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