This is the formerly Top Secret record of the C.I.A. and the U-2 spy plane program. The U-2 was a spy plane that could fly at 70,000 feet, above the radar of any other country. To build such an aircraft was a daunting task. But on May 1, 1960, one U-2 was shot down over Russia; pilot Francis Gary Powers was put on a '"show trial" in Moscow. The incident fractured U.S. - U.S.S.R. relations. 265 pages, plus Bibliography.

This is the complete formerly Top Secret record of the C.I.A. and the U-2 spy plane program. The U-2 was a spy plane that could fly at 70,000 feet, above the radar of any other country. To build such an aircraft was a daunting task. But on May 1, 1960 ,one U-2 was shot down over Russia; pilot Francis Gary Powers was put on a "show trial" in Moscow. The incident fractured U.S. - U.S.S.R. relations. 265 pages, plus Bibliography.

Thomas Fensch is the author of over 30 books of nonfiction. He has published books about: John Steinbeck ; James Thurber ; Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel ; Oskar Schindler ; John Howard Griffin, Ernest Hemingway and a variety of general nonfiction titles. He has a doctorate from Syracuse University and lives outside Richmond, Va.