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Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the Cia, and the Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Publication date March 1, 2003
Pages 448
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780684856995
ISBN-10 0684856999
Dimensions 1.25 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight 1.65 lbs.
Availability§ Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price $27.00
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Traces the efforts of Cold War scientists to revolutionize American airplane designs, spying capabilities, and defense technologies, citing how their inventions made possible the systems and processes of current military campaigns. (view table of contents)
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Hardcover
Book cover for 9780684856995 Book cover for 9780756780579
 
from Diane Pub Co (June 30, 2003)
9780756780579 | details & prices | 441 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $27.00
About: During the early and most dangerous years of the cold war, a handful of Americans, led by President Dwight D.
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from Simon & Schuster (March 1, 2003)
9780684856995 | details & prices | 448 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.25 in. | 1.65 lbs | List price $27.00
About: Traces the efforts of Cold War scientists to revolutionize American airplane designs, spying capabilities, and defense technologies, citing how their inventions made possible the systems and processes of current military campaigns.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780684857008
 
Reprint edition from Simon & Schuster (February 24, 2004)
9780684857008 | details & prices | 464 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $27.99
About: Documents the top-secret innovations of a group of 1950s scientists, engineers, businessmen, and government officials that served to revolutionize intelligence, warfare, and defense technologies, from the invention of the U-2 and SR-71 spyplanes to the creation of early spy satellites.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9781400100897 Book cover for 9781400150892
 
With Michael Prichard | Mp3 una edition from Tantor Media Inc (October 30, 2003)
9781400150892 | details & prices | 5.25 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.24 lbs | List price $25.99
About: "In this exciting, meticulously researched spy story, Taubman takes readers behind the closed doors of the Eisenhower administration to tell about the small group of Cold Warriors whose technological innovations-including the U2 spy plane and Corona, the country's first spy satellite-revolutionized espionage and intelligence gathering.
With Michael Prichard | Unabridged edition from Tantor Media Inc (October 30, 2003)
9781400100897 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.72 lbs | List price $44.99
About: "In this exciting, meticulously researched spy story, Taubman takes readers behind the closed doors of the Eisenhower administration to tell about the small group of Cold Warriors whose technological innovations-including the U2 spy plane and Corona, the country's first spy satellite-revolutionized espionage and intelligence gathering.

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