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03719aam a2200481 i 4500 001 669A75C86CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 180825s2019 nyua b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2018040315 020 $a 1633884686 020 $a 9781633884687 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d NjBwBT $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a DK266.3 $b .P66 2019 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 084 $a BIO008000 $a POL036000 $a BIO008000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Powers, Francis Gary, $c Jr., $d 1965- $e author. 245 10 $a Spy pilot : $b Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / $c Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant ; foreword by Sergei Khrushchev. 246 30 $a Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy 264 1 $a Amherst, New York : $b Prometheus Books, $c 2019. 300 $a 296 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index. 505 0 $a The restless heart -- Open skies -- Mayday repatriated -- Lost in a crowd -- Searching for Francis -- Voice from the grave -- The last echo -- Unfinished business. 520 $a "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 his father was part of. 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. The event was recently depicted in the Steven Spielberg movie Bridge of Spies. Powers was captured by the KGB, subjected to a televised show trial, and imprisoned, all of which created an international incident. Soviet authorities eventually released him in exchange for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel. On his return to the United States, Powers was exonerated of any wrongdoing while imprisoned in Russia, yet a cloud of controversy lingered until his untimely death in 1977. Now his son, Francis Gary Powers Jr., has written this new account of his father's life based on personal files that have never been previously available. Delving into old audio tapes, the transcript of his father's debriefing by the CIA, other recently declassified documents about the U-2 program, and interviews with his contemporaries, Powers sets the record straight. The result is a fascinating piece of Cold War history. Almost sixty years after the event, this will be the definitive account of a famous Cold War incident, one proving that Francis Gary Powers acted honorably through a trying ordeal in service to his country"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Powers, Francis Gary, $d 1929-1977. 650 0 $a U-2 Incident, 1960. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Soviet Union $v Biography. 650 0 $a Air pilots, Military $z United States $v Biography. 600 10 $a Powers, Francis Gary, $c Jr., $d 1965- 600 30 $a Powers family. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency. 650 0 $a Cold War. 650 7 $a HISTORY / Military / Other. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Intelligence. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military. $2 bisacsh 700 1 $a Dunnavant, Keith, $e author. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Powers, Francis Gary, Jr., 1965- $t Spy pilot $d Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2019 $z 9781633884694 $w (DLC) 2018045041 941 $a 3 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240409044752.0 952 $l ENPC715 $d 20220820010846.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220506014651.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=669A75C86CA011E9A39CB90697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search