Mayday; Eisenhower, Khrushchev and the U-2 Affair

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