Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire - Hardcover

Zuyev, Alexander; McConnell, Malcolm

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0446516481 ISBN 13: 9780446516488

Publisher: Grand Central Pub, 1992

Synopsis

An ace Soviet pilot reveals how he defected to the West in a top-of-the-line fighter plane and offers some shocking revelations about Korean Airlines Flight 007, American POWs in Vietnam, and other Cold War incidents. 30,000 first printing. Tour.

About this title

About the Author:

Groomed from and early age for membership in his nation's fighter pilot elite, Zuyev spent eleven years in the Soviet Air Force, as a star cadet, a pilot handpicked to test the new Mig-29 Fulcrum. Yet gradually Zuyev came to realize that the political system he served was hopelessly corrupt and callously indifferent to the sufferings of the Soviet people.

Review:

"Alex Zuyev was a brave and talented Russian pilot...[and] one of the America's 'Secret Weapons' in the Gulf War." -- Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Eagle pilot, author of Men from Earth

"In the grand tradition of Solzhenitsin and Sakharov..." -- Steven Coonts, author of Under Siege

"Stunning!...I have never encountered a better'insider'book-Fulcrum reads like the very best thrillers, but every word is true." -- Ralf Peters, author of the Red Army

About this edition

• Publisher: Grand Central Pub
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0446516481
• ISBN 13: 9780446516488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 358