{"product_id":"operation-overflight-a-memoir-of-the-u-2-incident-paperback","title":"Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancis Gary Powers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCurt Gentry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe true story that inspired the feature film \u003ci\u003eBridge of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this new edition of his classic 1970 memoir about the notorious U-2 incident, pilot Francis Gary Powers reveals the full story of what actually happened in the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history. After surviving the shoot-down of his reconnaissance plane and his capture on May 1, 1960, Powers endured sixty-one days of rigorous interrogation by the KGB, a public trial, a conviction for espionage, and the start of a ten-year sentence. After nearly two years, the U.S. government obtained his release from prison in a dramatic exchange for convicted Soviet spy Rudolph Abel. The narrative is a tremendously exciting suspense story about a man who was labeled a traitor by many of his countrymen but who emerged a Cold War hero.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrancis Gary Powers served as a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and completed twenty-seven U-2 photographic reconnaissance missions for the CIA, including several overflights of the Soviet Union, until shot down by a Soviet surface-to-air missile on May 1, 1960. Upon his return to the United States in 1962, he flew the U-2 as an engineering test pilot for Lockheed Aircraft. Powers died in a helicopter crash in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurt Gentry has written or contributed to many books, including \u003ci\u003eHelter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJ. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52039744618797,"sku":"9781574884227","price":27.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/MTNQQTJLN3hxbFlhNXJzNWhXc2Iwdz09.webp?v=1777960230","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/operation-overflight-a-memoir-of-the-u-2-incident-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}