Eyes in the sky
Subtitle: Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage
By: Dino A. Brugioni
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Annapolis, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781591140825
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The beginning; title: The awakening; title: Cold War overflights; title: Allen Dulles becomes CIA director; title: The awakening of science as an intelligence collector; title: Under way; title: 1955 : year of transition to technology; title: The U-2 missions begin; title: Suez, Little Rock, Hungary, and the Black Knight flights; title: The technological capabilities panel; title: The U-2 flights resume; title: Tactical use of the U-2 and related technical developments; title: The missile gap and the Gary Powers flight; title: The Corona Program gets under way; title: The missile gap is solved.