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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Powers, Francis Gary, Jr., 1965- author.     Subjects     Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977.     Powers, Francis Gary, Jr., 1965-     Powers family.     United States. Central Intelligence Agency.     U-2 Incident, 1960.     Prisoners of war -- Soviet Union -- Biography.     Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.     Cold War.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Powers, Francis Gary, Jr., 1965- author.       by title:      Spy pilot : Francis ...         MARC Display

Spy pilot : Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant ; foreword by Sergei Khrushchev. by Powers, Francis Gary, Jr., 1965- author. Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, [2019. Subjects Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977.   Powers, Francis Gary, Jr., 1965-   Powers family.   United States. Central Intelligence Agency.   U-2 Incident, 1960.   Prisoners of war -- Soviet Union -- Biography.   Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography.   Cold War. ISBN:  9781633884687 (hardback) : 1633884686 Description:  296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  The restless heart -- Open skies -- Mayday repatriated -- Lost in a crowd -- Searching for Francis -- Voice from the grave -- The last echo -- Unfinished business. Requests:  0 Summary:  "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 his father was part of. 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 Spies. Powers was captured by the KGB, subjected to a televised show trial, and imprisoned, all of which created an international incident. Soviet authorities eventually released him in exchange for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. On his return to the United States, Powers was exonerated of any wrongdoing while imprisoned in Russia, yet a cloud of controversy lingered until his untimely death in 1977. Now his son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., has written this new account of his father's life based on personal files that have never been previously available. Delving into old audio tapes, the transcript of his father's debriefing by the CIA, other recently declassified documents about the U-2 program, and interviews with his contemporaries, Powers sets the record straight. The result is a fascinating piece of Cold War history. Almost sixty years after the event, this will be the definitive account of a famous Cold War incident, one proving that Francis Gary Powers acted honorably through a trying ordeal in service to his country"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 327.1273 Powers Checked In Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library Adult Biography B Powers Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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