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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, 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. 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. By any means necessary is not about airplanes, but about the people who've sacrificed their lives in the interests of national security.… (más)
I learned a lot about Cold War strategic reconnaissance as the author cited several persons whom I have met or worked with. The book also revealed how foolishly the two countries acted in the post WWII period to the present. It was almost a professional read, and should have been so for us "crew dogs." ( )
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To Joelle, our two doctors, and closing the circle....And to the memory of my friend Mert Davies, a giant among men in all ways, and one of the great heroes of this story for moving the game to a safer place.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The scene on the other side of the Plexiglas, far beyond the steady, rhythmic drone of the engines and the reach of the machine guns, was sublime.
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Información procedente del conocimiento común inglés.Edita para encontrar en tu idioma.
The living and the dead finally were in from the cold.
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, 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. 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. By any means necessary is not about airplanes, but about the people who've sacrificed their lives in the interests of national security.
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