Strangers on a Bridge

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Strangers on a Bridge is a nonfiction memoir by lawyer James B. Donovan recounting his role in negotiating the Cold War prisoner exchange of Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers.

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instanceOf book
memoir
nonfiction book
about Francis Gary Powers U-2 shootdown NERFINISHED
James B. Donovan's role in the Abel–Powers exchange
Rudolf Abel espionage case
author James B. Donovan NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts exchange of Rudolf Abel for Francis Gary Powers
negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union
describes back-channel negotiations
courtroom proceedings
diplomatic tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union
intelligence community interactions
legal defense of Rudolf Abel
genre memoir
nonfiction
hasAdaptation Bridge of Spies NERFINISHED
hasPerspective first-person account
influenced film Bridge of Spies
language English
mainSubject Cold War NERFINISHED
Francis Gary Powers NERFINISHED
Rudolf Abel NERFINISHED
U-2 incident NERFINISHED
diplomacy
espionage
law
legal defense
prisoner exchange
spy swap
narrativeLocation Berlin NERFINISHED
Glienicke Bridge NERFINISHED
portrays Francis Gary Powers as U.S. U-2 pilot
James B. Donovan as negotiator
Rudolf Abel as Soviet intelligence officer
publicationYear 1964
publisher Harpers NERFINISHED
setting East Berlin NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

West Berlin NERFINISHED
subtitle The Case of Colonel Abel NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1960s
Cold War
title Strangers on a Bridge NERFINISHED

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James B. Donovan authorOf Strangers on a Bridge