LEADER 02987nam 2200613 a 450 001 9910459945803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96903-6 010 $a9786613793942 010 $a1-61251-014-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078376 035 $a(EBL)679777 035 $a(OCoLC)712016044 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000536528 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12234319 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536528 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10563662 035 $a(PQKB)11388188 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC679777 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL679777 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10463077 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL379394 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078376 100 $a20100129d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEyes in the sky$b[electronic resource] $eEisenhower, the CIA, and Cold War aerial espionage /$fDino A. Brugioni ; edited by Doris G. Taylor 210 $aAnnapolis, Md. $cNaval Institute Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (516 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59114-082-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aDino 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 606 $aAerial reconnaissance, American$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aU-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft) 606 $aCold War 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAerial reconnaissance, American$xHistory 615 0$aU-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft) 615 0$aCold War. 676 $a327.1273009/045 700 $aBrugioni$b Dino A$0979061 701 $aTaylor$b Doris G$0979062 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459945803321 996 $aEyes in the sky$92231945 997 $aUNINA