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The U-2 incident, May, 1960: an American spy plane downed over Russia intensifies the cold war, by Fred J. Cook

Details the shooting down of a United States spy plane over Russia in 1960 and the effect of this incident on worldwide peace negotiations. https://siris-libraries.si ...
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The U-2 Spy Plane May Be Old, But It's Celebrating Its 70th Birthday By Setting New Records

Not many 70-year-olds can set endurance or distance records. But the U-2 spy plane did both on July 31. It took off from Beale Air Force Base in California and flew a zig-zag lap around the ...
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U-2 Incident (1960)

On May 1, 1960, a U.S. U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, exposing a top-secret American surveillance program and escalating Cold War tensions. But what really happened, and how did it ...
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Spy pilot : Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 incident, and a controversial Cold War legacy / Francis Gary Powers Jr. and Keith Dunnavant ; foreword by Sergei Khrushchev

The restless heart -- Open skies -- Mayday repatriated -- Lost in a crowd -- Searching for Francis -- Voice from the grave -- The last echo -- Unfinished business Summary "Based on newly available ...