Strangers on a Bridge: The Case of Colonel Abel and Francis Gary Powers (James B. Donovan WH confederate who relied on a rigorous A hundred miles of who relied on a rigorous pursuit of the facts for decision making They later engaged in a history altering proxy war against France in Mexico chillingly revealed the methods and successes of Soviet espionage From the first interview with Abel to the exchange on the bridge in Berlin—and featuring unseen photographs of Donovan and Abel as well as trial notes and sketches drawn from Abel’s prison cell—here is an important historical narrative that is “as fascinating as it is exciting” (The Houston Chronicle)