The price of vigilance
Subtitle: attacks on American surveillance flights
By: Larry Tart and Robert Keefe.
Contributors: Keefe, Robert.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 566
Subjects: Aerial reconnaissance, American.; Electronic surveillance -- United States.; Cold War.; United States -- Military relations -- Soviet Union.; United States -- Military relations -- China.; Soviet Union -- Military relations -- United States.; China -- Military relations -- United States.
Description: The recent forced landing of a U.S. Navy EP-3E surveillance aircraft on Hainan Island after aerial harassment by Chinese fighters underscores that the dangers of the Cold War are not behind us. Reconnaissance - intelligence gathering - has always been one of the most highly secretive operations in the military. Appearing here for the first time are many crucial documents, ranging from formerly highly classified U.S. files to conversations with Khrushchev and top secret reports from the Russian presidential archives. Along with previously unreleasd military details, this meticulously researched book includes MiG fighter pilot transcripts and interviews with participants from both sides - including survivors of downed American planes. From the Baltic to the Bering Seas, from Armenia and Azerbaijan to China, Korea, and the Sea of Japan, these gripping accounts reveal the drama of what really happened to Americans shot down in hostile skies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-548) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The Shootdown 1; title: 2 Attacks on Other Recon Platforms 13; title: 3 Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance 119; title: 4 Birth of the ACRP 164; title: 5 Air Reconnaissance in Europe, 1950s 202; title: 6 Guys in the Outfit 230; title: 7 60528's Last Crew 263; title: 8 The Aftermath 283; title: 9 Diplomacy: Families Are Political Pawns 335; title: 10 Factors Contributing to 60528's Shootdown 432; title: 11 End of the Cold War 469; title: 12 Paying Tribute Four Decades Later 491.