Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident History_Gift_Guide author of I Am Homeless

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Operation Overflight: A Memoir of the U-2 Incident History_Gift_Guide author of I Am HomelessIn 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