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A brotherhood of spies, the U-2 and the CIA's secret war, Monte Reel

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A brotherhood of spies, the U-2 and the CIA's secret war, Monte Reel

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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contains biographical information

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platesphotographsillustrations

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A brotherhood of spies

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bibliography

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Monte Reel

Sub title

the U-2 and the CIA's secret war

Summary

A Brotherhood of Spies, award-winning journalist Monte Reel reveals how the U-2 spy program, principally devised by four men working in secret, upended the Cold War and carved a new mission for the CIA. This secret fraternity, made up of Edwin Land, best known as the inventor of instant photography and the head of Polaroid Corporation; Kelly Johnson, a hard-charging taskmaster from Lockheed; Richard Bissell, the secretive and ambitious spymaster; and ace Air Force flyer Powers, set out to replace yesterday's fallible human spies with tomorrow's undetectable eye in the sky. Their clandestine successes and all-too-public failures make this brilliantly reported account a true-life thriller with the highest stakes and tragic repercussions

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