Secret Empire: Eisenhower, the CIA, and the Hidden Story of America's Space EspionageIn a brief period of explosive, top secret innovation during the 1950s, a small group of scientists, engineers, businessmen, and government officials rewrote the book on airplane design and led the nation into outer space. Led by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, they invented the U 2 and SR 71 spy planes and the first reconnaissance satellites that revolutionized spying, proved that the missile gap was a myth, and protected the United States from