By Any Means Necessary: America's Secret Air War - Softcover

Burrows, William E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099436256 ISBN 13: 9780099436256

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

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About this title

Synopsis:

Unknown to the public and cloaked in the utmost secrecy, the United States flew missions against the Communist bloc almost continually 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. But now, for the first time, award winning historian William E. Burrows, shows that others were captured by the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, and were tortured, imprisoned, and killed, while 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. 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.

About the Author:

William E. Burrows is the author of the award winning Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security. He is a professor of journalism at New York University, and is the founder and director of its Science and Environmental Reporting Program.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0099436256
• ISBN 13: 9780099436256
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416