num_pages: 327
description: 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.
language: English
title: Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident
titlecomplete: Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident
genres: Biography, Military History, History, Autobiography, Espionage, Russia, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Aviation, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 288
publisher: POTOMAC BOOKS