Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage: The Declassified Stories of Cold War Reconnaissance Flights and the Men Who Flew Them

by Wolfgang W.E. Samuel

Book Overview

The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 took the American military by surprise. Rushing to respond, the US and its allies developed a selective overflight program to gather intelligence. Silent Warriors, Incredible Courage is a history of the Cold War overflights of the Soviet Union, its allies, and the People's Republic of China, based on extensive interviews with dozens of pilots who flew these dangerous missions.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 149682279X
• ISBN13: 9781496822796
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.4"