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Mills and Boon, London - first edition - ISBN 0263063887, 1979. Hardcover, 9½" x 6¼", with dust jacket. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with reinforced hinges, stamps, stickers, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket. Maroon cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, 18 maps, 32 b&w photographs, appendix, bibliography, sources, and index. This book provides the first comprehensive coverage of airborne warfare in its widest sense: parachute, glider, helicopter and reconnaissance. From first theories in the 19th century, he studies the Second World War in depth - German, British, American, Japanese and Russian actions. Further, the author considers the increasingly important role of air-mobility in post-World War II conflicts (helicopters and light aircraft in Korea, Malaya, Indo-China, amphibious airborne strikes at Suez; the French in Algeria; the US Army in Vietnam, Borneo, and Israel's experiences).