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100 1 $aDonovan, James Britt,$d1916-
245 10$aStrangers on a bridge :$bthe case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers /$cJames B. Donovan ; foreword by Jason Matthews.
246 30$aCase of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers
250 $a1st Scribner trade pbk. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bScribner,$c2015.
300 $axviii, 443 p :$bill., ports ;$c22 cm.
500 $aReissue with new foreword of work published in 1964.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $a"In the early morning of February 10, 1962, James B. Donovan began his walk down Glienicke Bridge, which then linked West Berlin to East. With him walked Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, for years the chief of Soviet espionage in the United States. Approaching them from the other side, under equally heavy guard, was Francis Gary Powers, the American U-2 pilot shot down by the Soviets. These were the strangers on a bridge, the representatives of two opposing worlds. Here Donovan, who negotiated their exchange and defended Abel at every stage of his trial, tells their story. Originally published in 1964, and now with a new foreword by bestselling author Jason Matthews, this is the singular insider account of one of the most important moments in Cold War history, the incredible spy exchange that is now the subject of the major motion picture Bridge of Spies by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks as James B. Donovan. At once a noir procedural drama and a brilliant character study, Strangers on a Bridge is the gripping, fascinating story of the great spy case of a generation."--
600 10$aAbel, Rudolf,$d1903-1971.
600 10$aAbel, Rudolf,$d1903-1971.$xTrials, litigation, etc.
600 10$aDonovan, James B. (James Britt),$d1916-1970.
651 0$aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union.
651 0$aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States.