Francis Gary Powers: Operation Overflight
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- Kategoria: yhteiskunta & politiikka, alakategoria: maanpuolustus
- Materiaali: Pokkari
- Kustantaja: Potomac Books Inc
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9781574884227
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- Suosituksia: 4 kpl
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The true story that inspired the feature film Bridge of Spies 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.