Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington - ISBN:1560988304 Date: 1998 Hardcover, 6½" x 9¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Packed booked weighs 1kg. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Dozens of b&w photographs and diagrams, camera data, launch listings, notes, and index. With the end of the Cold War many former CIA documents and reconnaissance photographs were de-classified. As a means of gathering intelligence on military installations, these photographs profoundly influenced government decision-making. This book presents the full story of the reconnaissance satellite's origins, technology, and effects on foreign policy (and the mapping of the earth). 1998. Smithsonian Institute Press, Washington - ISBN:1560988304 ISBN 1560988304 9781560988304 [AU]

Smithsonian Institution Press, Date: 1998. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Very Fine. (1st edition, Smithsonian History of Aviation Series) Large, sturdy, heavy book, dark brown cloth spine, light brown boards, silver lettering bright on spine, 303 pages, photos throughout. DJ glossy beneath mylar with aerial photo of Earth, blue-tinted photo of rocket, black border at top edges, another on back. DJ has light crease at top back. Near Very Fine DJ/Very Fine book. 1998. Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN 1560988304 9781560988304 [US]