The U-2 Over the Soviet Union
america’s famous cold war spy plane from a soviet perspective
$71.27
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
Eyes in the Sky: The U-2 and the Cold War Secrets of the Soviet Union
On May 1, 1960, Moscow hosted a military parade notable for its display of missiles, particularly ground-to-air variants. Nikita Khrushchev had declared the ‘Rocket Troops’ as the ‘main branch of the armed forces’, allocating significant resources to their development. Aircraft were deemed a ‘dying species,’ with military aviation relegated to an auxiliary role.
Unbeknownst to parade attendees, an American…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399067393 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399067397 |
| Author: | Dmitry Degtev |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Air World |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Dmitry Degtev
DMITRY DEGTEV is the author of some forty-three books and one of the leading Russian researchers of the history of the Second World War, having studied the air battles of the conflict and the history of the Luftwaffe for more than twenty years. He is a long-standing lecturer at the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University.
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