| Edition |
Unabridged. |
| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (15hr., 44 min.)) : digital. |
| Performer |
Read by Michael Prichard. |
| Summary |
"In this exciting, meticulously researched spy story, Taubman takes readers behind the closed doors of the Eisenhower administration to tell about the small group of Cold Warriors whose technological innovations-including the U2 spy plane and Corona, the country's first spy satellite-revolutionized espionage and intelligence gathering." -Publishers Weekly"New York Times editor Taubman exudes admiration for the contrarian thinking and enterprise that brought into being the U-2, the SR-71, and the Corona series of surveillance satellites." -BooklistDuring the early and most dangerous years of the cold war, a handful of Americans, led by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, revolutionized spying and warfare. In great secrecy and beyond the prying eyes of Congress and the press, they built exotic new machines that opened up the Soviet Union to surveillance and protected the United States from surprise nuclear attack. Secret Empire is the dramatic story of these men and their inventions, told in full for the first time. |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Aerial reconnaissance, American -- History -- 20th century.
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Space surveillance -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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U-2 (Reconnaissance aircraft)
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Cold War.
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| Added Author |
Prichard, Michael (Michael J.) Narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781400120895 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1400120896 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT10757161 |
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