Life Under a Cloud: American Anxiety About the Atom
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Second Printing. 282, notes, bibliography, index, marginal underlining in pencil, usual library markings, DJ flaps pasted inside boards. More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Second Printing. 282, notes, bibliography, index, marginal underlining in pencil, usual library markings, DJ flaps pasted inside boards. More
London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1976. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches. xi, [1], 357, [3] pages. Footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Appendix 1 through 9. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Derek Wood (1930 – 2 May 2003) was the author of Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook. Wood was the editor of "Jane's" the publishers of a wide range of military handbooks and weekly defence newsletters until he retired in 1993. For more than 30 years, Derek was the doyen of aviation specialists in Fleet Street and enjoyed a reputation for unimpeachable integrity. He was renowned, not only for his expertise and keen intellect, but also for his steadfast refusal to compromise standards. A lifelong and keen aircraft spotter, Derek was a spare-time volunteer member of the Royal Observer Corps for nearly fifty years and wrote the history of the Corps in his 1975 book Attack Warning Red : The Royal Observer Corps and the Defence of Britain, 1925 to 1975. The Corps was stood down in 1995. Derek joined the Royal Observer Corps in 1947 and served on posts near Chichester, London, and at Cuckfield (north of Brighton) after moving there in the 1960s. As a journalist and aerospace expert he did his utmost to further the Corps' standing in both military and civil areas. Derek Wood came into prominence as an author when his book The Narrow Margin, regarded as the definitive history of the Battle of Britain, was published. The book is used by military historians and lecturers to this day. Others of his books include Project Cancelled, an account of Britain's abandoned aircraft projects, and Jane's World Aircraft Recognition Handbook. More