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Air Warfare

Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Jane's Info Group, 1909-. Annual survey of military and other aircraft, including airships, sailplanes, aero engines, space vehicles.

Freeman, Christopher J., ed. The Encyclopedia of World Air Power. Crescent, 1980. Colour illustrated volume detailing air forces, missiles, individual aircraft.

Hewish, Mark, and others, eds. Air Forces of the World: an Illustrated Directory of all the World's Military Air Power. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979. Surveys 125 air forces; photographs.

Hickey, Michael. Out of the Sky: a History of Airborne Warfare. New York: Scribner, 1979. Clear, general history.

Weeks, John. Assault from the Sky. New York: Putnam, 1978. Parachutes, gliders, and helicopters used by armies throughout the world since 1940, with photographs.

Wragg, David. Helicopters at War: a Pictorial History. St. Martin's, 1984. Beautifully illustrated history.

World War II

Baudot, Marcel and others, eds. The Historical Encyclopedia of World War II. Facts on File, 1980. Stresses social issues and biographies.

Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. The Military History of World War II. Watts, 1962-67. Encyclopedic reference with photos and maps; for young readers.

Jablonski, Edward. A Pictorial History of the World War II Years. Doubleday, 1978. Photoessays for each year of the war.

Liddell Hart, B. H. History of the Second World War. Putnam, 1971, 1980. Detailed analysis examines prewar entanglements, battles, and aftermath.

Morison, Samuel E. The Two-Ocean War: A Short History of the United States Navy in the Second World War. Little, 1963. Condensation of authoritative history of U.S. naval operations.

Parrish, Thomas, ed. The Simon & Schuster Encyclopedia of World War II. Simon & Schuster, 1978. More than 4,000 illustrated articles on all aspects.

Wright, Gordon. The Ordeal of Total War, 1939-1945. Harper, 1968. Best general survey of World War II; not limited to military history.

Young, Peter, ed. The World Almanac Book of World War II. Prentice, 1981. Reference for military and political events, weaponry, maps, biographies.

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