Brugioni, Dino A.

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BRUGIONI, Dino A.

BRUGIONI, Dino A. American, b. 1921. Genres: Air/Space topics, Earth sciences, History, Military/Defense/Arms control, Photography, Politics/Government, Technology, Writing/Journalism, Illustrations. Career: US Army Air Corps, 1942-45; Tennessee Valley Authority, Washington, DC, part-time liaison officer, 1945-48; National Photographic Interpretation Center, Central Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC, senior officer and expert on aerial reconnaissance and photographic interpretation, 1948-82; freelance writer, lecturer, and consultant, 1982-. Member of National Intelligence Study Center; U.S. Holocaust Museum and Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, adviser. Visiting scholar and lecturer at colleges and universities in the U.S.; has helped with and appeared on television programs. Testified before U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. Publications: The Holocaust Revisited: A Retrospective Analysis of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Complex, 1979; The Civil War in Missouri as Seen from the Capital City, 1987; Eyeball to Eyeball: The Inside Story of the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1991; From Balloons to Blackbirds, 1993; Photo Fakery: The History and Techniques of Photographic Deception and Manipulation, 1999. Contributor to journals, magazines, and newspapers. Address: 301 Storck Rd, Fredericksburg, VA 22406-4731, U.S.A.