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Eyes in the sky : Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage / Dino A. Brugioni ; edited by Doris G. Taylor.

by Brugioni, Dino A.

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Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- History -- 20th century.

Aerial reconnaissance, American -- History -- 20th century.

U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)

9781591140825 (acid-free paper) :

159114082X (acid-free paper)

xiv, 466 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

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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