Eyes in the sky [[electronic resource] ] : Eisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage / / Dino A. Brugioni ; edited by Doris G. Taylor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459945803321
• Autore: Brugioni Dino A
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Annapolis, Md., : Naval Institute Press, c2010
• ISBN: 1-281-96903-6; 9786613793942; 1-61251-014-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (516 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): TaylorDoris G
• Disciplina: 327.1273009/045
• Soggetti: Aerial reconnaissance, American - History - 20th century; U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft); Cold War; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Dino A. Brugioni, author of the best-selling account of the Cuban Missile crisis, Eyeball to Eyeball, draws on his long CIA career as one of the world's premier experts on aerial reconnaissance to provide the inside story of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's efforts to use spy planes and satellites to gather military intelligence. He reveals Eisenhower to be a hands-on president who, contrary to popular belief, took an active role in assuring that the latest technology was used to gather aerial intelligence. This previously untold story of the secret Cold War espionage program makes