MIG: Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design

This book is a must read for all fans of Soviet aviation. The translation is not first rate, but nowhere else can you get the inside story (one of the co-authors is the current head of the bureau). Reading between the lines, aviation students can obtain insight to Soviet design philosophies, propaganda techniques, and the unique way the MIG bureau attacked technical challenges. The photographs are on a par with the standard for avaition series, the Putnam Avaiation books, but the book as a whole is more readable than any of the Putnam books. Highly recommended reading.