The Moby Dick Project: Reconnaissance Balloons over Russia

Name: The Moby Dick Project: Reconnaissance Balloons over Russia
Brand: Smithsonian Books
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hardcover – April 17, 1991

by Peebles, Curtis

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ISBN-13: 9781560980254 ISBN-10: 1560980257

Publisher

Smithsonian Books

Binding

hardcover

Published

April 17, 1991

Weight

1.3 lbs

Dimensions

24.10×2.50×16.50 cm

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The Moby Dick Project: Reconnaissance Balloons over Russia by Peebles, Curtis. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781560980254.

Details the technical, political, and military aspects of the US Air Forces program of photographing the Soviet Union from balloons during the 1950s. Describes the delays in starting (four years), Eisenhowers qualms, recovery efforts, attacks by Soviet planes, and other good stories. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.