By any means necessary : America's secret air war in the Cold War / William E. Burrows.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burrows, William E., 1937-2024.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aerial reconnaissance, American.

History.

Espionage, American.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union.

United States.

Soviet Union.

Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States.

United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989.

United States--Foreign relations--Communist countries.

Cold War.

Air warfare--History.

Air warfare.

Espionage, American--Communist countries--History.

Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.

Intelligence officers.

Communist countries.

Air pilots, Military--United States--Biography.

Air pilots, Military.

Aerial reconnaissance, American--History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.

Summary:

For the first time, award-winning historian Burrows shows that during America's secret air war in the Cold War, others were captured by the Russians, Chinese, and North Koreans, and were tortured, imprisoned, and killed, while their loved ones grieved and their government looked the other way. photos.

Contents:

1. Death of a Ferret 3

2. A Spectre Haunting America 41

3. First Blood 77

4. More Blood 111

5. Wizard War 147

6. The Raven's Song 188

7. A Prison Called Lubyanka 222

8. Wonderland 267

9. To Raise the Dead 319

In Memoriam 353.

Notes:

Maps on lining papers.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-381) and index.

ISBN:

0374117470

OCLC:

46383789