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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brugioni, Dino A.

Contributor:

Taylor, Doris G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aerial reconnaissance, American--History--20th century.

Aerial reconnaissance, American.

U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft).

Cold War.

United States. Central Intelligence Agency--History--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (516 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-96903-6

9786613793942

1-61251-014-0

OCLC:

712016044