By Any Means Necessary: America's Secret Air War in the Cold

By Any Means Necessary: America's Secret Air War in the Cold War

<DIV><b>The "Blind Man's Bluff" of aerial espionage.</b><br><br>Unknown to the public and cloaked in the utmost secrecy, the United States flew missions against the Communist bloc almost continuously during the Cold War in a desperate effort to collect intelligence and find targets for all-out nuclear war. The only hint of the relentless, clandestine operations came when one of the planes was shot down. Many of the air force and navy flyers were killed on the top secret missions. But now, for the first time, award-winning historian William E. Burrows shows that others were captured by the Russians, Chinese, and North Koreans, and were tortured, imprisoned, and killed, while their loved ones grieved and their government looked the other way. In an effort to improve relations with Russia, Washington is still looking the other way, though it pretends otherwise. <br><br>Burrows has interviewed scores of men who flew these "black" missions, as well as the widows and children of those who never returned, all of whom want the full story finally told. He has done so with an eye to this story's immensely human dimension. <i>By Any Means Necessary</i> is not about airplanes, but about the people who've sacrificed their lives in the interests of national security.<br></div>
Country USA
Brand Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding Hardcover
Height 9
Length 6
Weight 0.992080179
Width 1.25
NumberOfItems 1
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Manufacturer	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Binding	Hardcover
Height	9
Length	6
Weight	0.992080179
Width	1.25
NumberOfItems	1
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

By Any Means Necessary: America's Secret Air War in the Cold War

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