The Trial of the U2: Exclusive Authorized Account of the Court...
Powers, Francis Gary. The Trial of the U2: Exclusive Authorized Account of the Court Proceedings of the Case of Francis Gary Powers, Heard Before the Military Division of the Supreme Court of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, August 17, 18, 19, 1960. Chicago: Translation World Publishers, 1960. Reprint The Notable Trials Library, 1996. With New Introduction by Alan M. Dershowitz. xxxii, 158 pp. Quarter calf over cloth, decorative gilt stamping, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, ribbon marker. Internally clean. A fine copy. $25. * The exclusive authorized courtroom record of the historic 1960 Moscow espionage trial of American pilot Francis Gary Powers. Following the downing of his U-2 spy plane over Soviet airspace, this transcript documents the aggressive Soviet prosecution, Powers's testimony, and the dramatic legal proceedings that served as a major propaganda flashpoint and a defining moment of the Cold War.
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