50 Years of the U-2 by Chris Pocock

50 Years of the U-2 by Chris Pocock

When the U-2 first took off in 1955, no one involved in its top-secret project dreamt that this unique reconnaissance aircraft would still be flying today. The long story of the Dragon Lady is amazing, and complex; this book tells it all, in unprecedented detail, from the early days overflying the Soviet Union under CIA sponsorship, to the Cuban Missile Crisis, and on to the Vietnam War. The epic missions over Communist China were flown by nationalist pilots from Taiwan. How the U-2 was improved, enlarged and put back into production - twice. It led the real-time recce revolution with data links and high-tech sensors. Then it played a key role in Desert Storm, over Bosnia and Kosovo, and most recently over Afghanistan and Iraq. According to the CIA's own historian, Chris Pocock is the foremost authority on the U-2. To write this book, he flew in the aircraft, conducted 250 interviews, and analysed more than 1,000 declassified documents.

Gregory W. Pedlow served as chief of the Historical Office at NATO's Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe from 1989 until his retirement in 2015. He now lives in Germany. In addition to his coauthorship of the CIA study of its manned overhead reconnaissance aircraft, he has published books and articles on German history, the Cold War, NATO, and the Battle of Waterloo.

Donald E. Welzenbach is a retired historian for the Central Intelligence Agency. He lives in Moline, Illinois.

Chris Pocock has written extensively on aerial reconnaissance. A preeminent authority on the U-2 program, his books include Dragon Lady Today and 50 Years of the U-2. He resides in the United Kingdom.

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ISBN 13	9780764323461
ISBN 10	0764323466
Title	50 Years of the U-2
Author	Chris Pocock
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Year published	2005-07-29
Number of pages	440
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