Secret Empire
Subtitle: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: March 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780684856995
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Secret service, espionage, spying; United States; Political Freedom & Security - Intelligence; Intelligence Operations; United States - 20th Century; Military-Political Relationships; Politics/International Relations; History - General History; Military; USA; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Military - Aviation; Military - Intelligence/Espionage; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Current Events / Military; Aerial reconnaissance, American; Space surveillance; U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft); 20th century; Aerial reconnaissance, America; History
First sentence: HAL AUSTIN HAD always assumed that the first time he flew an American warplane into Russian airspace, Moscow and Leningrad would be burning, incinerated by an American nuclear attack.