Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-MAR-06
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Author: Hall, R. Cargill
Article Excerpt
50 Years of the U-2: The Complete Illustrated History of the Dragon Lady. By Chris Pocock. Atglen, Penn.: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2005. Maps. Diagrams. Drawings. Color and B&W Photograph. Appendices. Glossary. Footnotes. Index. Pp. 1, 440. Hard Cover. $69.95 ISBN: 0-7643-2346-6
The author promises the reader much in the title of this work, and he delivers on that promise. Chris Pocock, a British aviation writer and consultant, is the author of Dragon Lady and other books and articles on the U-2 that have appeared in print over the past quarter century. While thus engaged, he collected declassified records and illustrations, and conducted interviews with all of the surviving principals at Lockheed Martin, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the United States Air Force. Today he is widely recognized as the U-2 authority by those who designed, built,...
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