I read the book MiG Pilot a years ago, one of the few i've read in one sitting. It was that good...the heartbreaking choices...Belenko's love for Russia, yet hatred for the Soviet system...the stupid wastefulness of its military bureaucracy, in which the base personnel were detailed to paint the fading leaves green so that a visiting dignitary could be impressed...the gallant Japanese thwarting the Soviet's attempts to bring back their man...as a former US Air Force crew chief (F15s) i was totally engrossed by the details of the analysis of the MiG-25s strengths, weakness, and vastly different Russian approach to engineering. I rarely read fiction, because the stuff of real life is so much better.