Eyes in the sky
Brugioni, Dino A.
Eyes in the sky Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage / [electronic resource] : Dino A. Brugioni ; edited by Doris G. Taylor. - Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010. - xiv, 466 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginning -- The awakening -- Cold War overflights -- Allen Dulles becomes CIA director -- The awakening of science as an intelligence collector -- Under way -- 1955 : year of transition to technology -- The U-2 missions begin -- Suez, Little Rock, Hungary, and the Black Knight flights -- The technological capabilities panel -- The U-2 flights resume -- Tactical use of the U-2 and related technical developments -- The missile gap and the Gary Powers flight -- The Corona Program gets under way -- The missile gap is solved.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History--20th century.
Aerial reconnaissance, American--History--20th century.
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
Cold War.
Electronic books.
UG763 / .B78 2010eb
327.1273009/045
Eyes in the sky Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage / [electronic resource] : Dino A. Brugioni ; edited by Doris G. Taylor. - Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010. - xiv, 466 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The beginning -- The awakening -- Cold War overflights -- Allen Dulles becomes CIA director -- The awakening of science as an intelligence collector -- Under way -- 1955 : year of transition to technology -- The U-2 missions begin -- Suez, Little Rock, Hungary, and the Black Knight flights -- The technological capabilities panel -- The U-2 flights resume -- Tactical use of the U-2 and related technical developments -- The missile gap and the Gary Powers flight -- The Corona Program gets under way -- The missile gap is solved.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency --History--20th century.
Aerial reconnaissance, American--History--20th century.
U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
Cold War.
Electronic books.
UG763 / .B78 2010eb
327.1273009/045