Very interesting book revealing the personal and family struggles of Alvarez culminating in his release from Hanoi. Sent on the mission which came to be known as the Gulf of Ton kin Incident, which began the Vietnam War, he was shot down on his next mission to the same area. The title refers to his contradictory feelings as he heard periodic US strike aircraft making their runs nearby to his prison cell. His desire to be among those pilots made him feel as if he were chained to the ground though meant to fly with other American eagles. ( )