UNARMED AND UNAFRAID

Author: Glenn B Infield

Publisher: Macmillan

Year published: 1970

Pagination: 308pp, 23 photos, map

Condition: g in dw

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The history of the men, missions, training and techniques of aerial reconnaissance from its beginnings with manned balloons in the American Civil War, to its use in Vietnam. Looks at the military engagements that hinged on aerial reconnassaince such as the Battle of the Bulge, Midway, and Inchon. Also covers the 1960 U-2 incident when Francis Gary Powers was shot down ove Russia by a Soviet SA-2 guideline missile, and reconnaissance over Cuba during the 1962 missile crisis.