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- Author: Christopher Sturdevant
- Publisher: History Press
- ISBN-10: 1467156655
- ISBN-13: 9781467156653
- Format: 15.5 x 23 x 1 cm, softcover
- Language: English
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The Old Dominion's defense of democracy... The Commonwealth played a central role in United States involvement in the Cold War. With doomsday planning operations underway for World War III, c onstruction of the Pentagon, CIA and other federal agencies established Northern Virginia as an epicenter of decision-making. As Virginia military bases readied for a potential surprise attack by the Soviet Union, local research facilities played a paramount role in the Space Race. In 1960, the Soviet shoot down of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, a Virginia native, created a superpower crisis of epic proportions. Cold War historians Francis Gary Powers, Jr. and Christopher Sturdevant tell these and other tales of espionage, heroism and betrayal.
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- Author: Christopher Sturdevant
- Publisher: History Press
- ISBN-10: 1467156655
- ISBN-13: 9781467156653
- Format: 15.5 x 23 x 1 cm, softcover
- Language: English English
The Old Dominion's defense of democracy... The Commonwealth played a central role in United States involvement in the Cold War. With doomsday planning operations underway for World War III, c onstruction of the Pentagon, CIA and other federal agencies established Northern Virginia as an epicenter of decision-making. As Virginia military bases readied for a potential surprise attack by the Soviet Union, local research facilities played a paramount role in the Space Race. In 1960, the Soviet shoot down of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, a Virginia native, created a superpower crisis of epic proportions. Cold War historians Francis Gary Powers, Jr. and Christopher Sturdevant tell these and other tales of espionage, heroism and betrayal.
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