Fort Bliss, TX: U.S. Army Nuclear Agency, 1975. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Wraps. Format is approximately 8 inches by 10.5 inches. 10 pages. Wraps. Charts. Three-hole punched and staple bound. Part of a series of information papers on topics associated with nuclear weapons, principally designed for use by Tradoc School instructors and major command staff officers. The series of papers, "Nuclear Notes," prepared by the US Army Nuclear Agency was intended to clarify and explain various aspects of nuclear weapons phenomenology and usage. These papers are prepared in as non-technical fashion as the subject matter permits. They are oriented toward an audience assumed to be responsible for teaching or in some way evaluating the actions and techniques of employing nuclear weapons in a conflict situation. The new nuclear radiation casualty criteria discussed herein have been approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff for use by all US Armed Services in nuclear weapons target analysis and selection procedures for land battlefield targets. More

New York: Cornwall Books, c1981. First? Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 284, some wear to DJ edges. 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