Soviet Cold War Fighters looks at the main periods of the development of
the Soviet fighter designs, generation by generation, covering all the
important features and developments of each generation (a total of four
generations of fighter developed from the late 1940s to the late
1970s/early 1980s) and the most emblematic combat employments of the
members of the generation. In separate boxes, pilot/designer/maintainer
comments are inserted as well as other interesting facts and figures
about the aircraft, their weapons and the instances of combat
employment. Soviet Cold War Fighters explains the Cold War background of
the technological developments behind the front-line fighter types in
the Soviet Union, detailing where, when and how these aircraft were
deployed and what was their impact on the Cold War developments,
especially their role for delivering tactical nuclear weapons or their
capability to counter attacks by US/NATO strategic bombers, carrying
nuclear weapons. This approach has allowed Alexander Mladenov a greater
flexibility in revealing new and previously unknown or little-known
facts and figures.