The CIA and the U-2 Program 1954-1974

The CIA and the U-2 Program 1954-1974
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9780788183263
ISBN-13 : 0788183265
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Book Synopsis The CIA and the U-2 Program 1954-1974 by : Gregory W. Pedlow

Download or read book The CIA and the U-2 Program 1954-1974 written by Gregory W. Pedlow and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive & authoritative history of the CIA's manned overhead reconnaissance program (MORP), which from 1954 to 1974 developed & operated 2 extraordinary aircraft, the U-2 & the A-12 OXCART. Describes not only the program's technological & bureaucratic aspects, but also its political & international context. The MORP, along with other overhead systems that emerged from it, changed the CIA's work & structure in ways that were both revolutionary & permanent. The formation of the Directorate of S&T in the 1960s, principally to develop & direct reconnaissance programs, is the most obvious legacy of the events in this study.


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