Spy Pilot - Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy Powers Francis GaryPevná vazba
Spy Pilot - Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy Powers Francis GaryPevná vazba Based on newly available information, the son of famed U-2 pilot Francis Gary…
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Spy Pilot - Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy Powers Francis GaryPevná vazba
Based on newly available information, the son of famed U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers presents the facts and dispels misinformation about the Cold War espionage program that turned his father into a Cold War icon.. The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960.
Soviet authorities eventually released him in exchange for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. Powers was captured by the KGB, subjected to a televised show trial, and imprisoned, all of which created an international incident. On his return to the United States, Powers was exonerated of any wrongdoing while imprisoned in Russia, yet, due to bad press and the government's unwillingness to heartily defend Powers, a cloud of controversy
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