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Shadow flights : America's secret air war against the Soviet Union /

Recounts the early years of the Cold War when the U.S. sought to learn USSR military strength through border flights and overflights by the famed U-2 spyplanes.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peebles, Curtis
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Novato, CA : Presidio Press, [2000]
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Military relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Military relations > United States.
Air warfare > History.
Espionage, American > Soviet Union > History.
Cold War.
Aussenpolitik.
Geschichte 1945-1989.
Luftwaffe.
USA.
Sowjetunion.
Cold War (1945-1989)
Air warfare.
Espionage, American.
International relations.
Military relations.
Soviet Union.
United States.
1945 - 1989
History.
Description
Summary:Recounts the early years of the Cold War when the U.S. sought to learn USSR military strength through border flights and overflights by the famed U-2 spyplanes.
Item Description:The Cushing Library/Ragan Military copy is a gift of Ann, Fred, and Tracie Burns for the Major Curtis Burns '52 Aviation Collection.
Physical Description:vi, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-303) and index.
ISBN:0891417001
9780891417002