BESCHLOSS, Michael R.
Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair.
New York: Harper & Row, Publishers , 1986.
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First Edition of Michael Beschloss' Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair; Signed by Him
First edition of this work by the award-winning historian. Octavo, original cloth, illustrated, cartographic endpapers. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For Jeanne Jones- with warm regards- Michael Beschloss June 1986." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Michael Graef.
The “definitive” book on the U-2 episode and its disastrous impact on the future of the Cold War (Kirkus Reviews). On May Day 1960, Soviet forces downed a CIA spy plane flown deep into Soviet territory by Francis Gary Powers two weeks before a crucial summit.
Mayday: Eisenhower, Khrushchev, and the U-2 Affair.
$200.00
Out of Stock
