Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them |
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Author:
| Samuel, Wolfgang W. E. Hall, R. Cargill |
ISBN: | 978-1-4968-2279-6 |
Publication Date: | Mar 2019 |
Publisher: | University Press of Mississippi
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $29.95USD $29.95 |
Book Description:
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The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. This book offers a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union and China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots.
The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. This book offers a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union and China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots.