Mayday; Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair
de Beschloss, Michael R
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0060155655
- ISBN 13
- 9780060155650
- Librería
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Sobre este artículo
Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by author, list of illustrations, appendix, acknowledgements, historiographical note, general sources, notes and index. Map illustrated endpapers, showing the flight of Francis Gary Powers, May 1, 1960. The text is illustrated with 24 pages of black-and-white photography between pages 174 and 175. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with silver coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. When Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union on May 1, 1960, flying a spyplane, he and his incriminating equipment survived, thus causing one of the pivotal episodes of the Cold War. "The U-2 affair, its origins and its impact on our relations with the Soviets have remained largely a mystery for a quarter of a century. Now Mayday brings us the first full behind-the-scenes account in a story of intrigue and deceit, exultation and disaster." -- from the front fold over panel blurb. Rubbing to the lower book edges and light age toning of the textblock edges and internal pages. A hint of creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (11), XII-XVI, (3), 2-494 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History; Cold War; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0060155655. ISBN/EAN: 9780060155650. Inventory No: 0113899. . 9780060155650
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- Librería
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 0113899
- Título
- Mayday; Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair
- Autor
- Beschloss, Michael R
- Ilustrador
- Photographic
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good Condition
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0060155655
- ISBN 13
- 9780060155650
- Editorial
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1986
- Palabras clave
- BZDB2 U-2 affair, spy planes, America, Russia, Cold War, Francis Gary Powers, politics History; Cold War; Politics & Government. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0060155655 EAN: 9780060155650 Beschloss, Michael R. Mayday; Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the
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- Cold War;
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