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The majority of narratives about the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War stress that air power did not play a dominant role. The deployment of strong, well-integrated air defences by Egypt and Syria, that caused heavy losses to the Israeli air force early during that conflict, not only spoiled Israels pre-war planning, but prevented it from providing su

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The Israeli air force is one of most-published upon military flying services of the last 70 years. Based on more than 30 years of research, this volume provides the so far most comprehensive, most in-depth, and most critical review of its operational history since inception in 1948. This is the first volume in a three-volume mini-series.

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Details about the IAF and its history never before collected in one coherent book, including a complete summary of all Israeli Air Force aircraft types, models, and numbers with photographs.

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The maturation of what was once the Israel Defense Force/Air Force (IDF/AF), and since 2005 is the Israeli Air-Space Force (IASF), is a fascinating study of a military force working to meet shifting obligations under multiple impediments while being repeatedly tested in combat.

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At a time when multiple wars are raging across much of the Middle East, it is almost forgotten that it was Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas at-Takurni an Andalusian inventor, physician and engineer who was the first person to undertake experiments in flying with any degree of success. That was back in the 9th Century A.D. Nigh on a thou

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Based on decades of research and newly available sources in Arabic and European languages, and illustrated with authentic photography, Volume 2 of the Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955 continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab World.

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Richly illustrated, the first comprehensive and inclusive operational history of military flying in the Middle East and Northern Africa in the 1918-1936 period.

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Volume 4 of Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955 continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab world. This book continues with the story of the period from 1936-1941.

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Volume 6 of this mini-series continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab World. It looks at the first efforts to revive both the REAF and the RIrqAF, along with events in the air and on the ground elsewhere in the Arab World until the beginning of 1941.

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Air Power & the Arab World, 1909-1955 Volume 10 continues the story of the men and machines of the first half-century of military aviation in the Arab world. It tells the story of the first two weeks of the first of the Arab-Israeli Wars - also known as the Palestine War - in May 1948.

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The years leading up to the Second World War and into its early years saw the Arab countries and their military forces buffeted by forces far beyond their control.

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In 1956 the RAF mounted Operation Musketeer (the bombing of Egyptian targets) as part of the British governments response to President Nassers nationalisation of the Suez Canal. The book outlines the political manoeuvring between the British, French and Israeli governments that led to the Svres Protocol and the plan for the attack on Egypt, an a

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During the Cold War, communist Czechoslovakia was one of the largest arms exporters to the Middle East among the Soviet Bloc countries. The first volume of this mini-series describes the history of arms export from Czechoslovakia to the Third World states and related military assistance.

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Ground-breaking research about Czechoslovak arms exports to the Middle East, based on official documentation.

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Ground-breaking research about Czechoslovak arms exports to the Middle East, based on official documentation.

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Ground-breaking research about Czechoslovak arms exports to the Middle East, based on official documentation.

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Desert Storm reveals the whole war fought between Iraq and an international coalition, from the start of this campaign to its very end. This book offers a refreshing insight into this unique conflict.

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Using newly-released secret intelligence sources, neglected memoirs and much more besides, this book tells the story of military aviation in Yemen since 1962.

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Hot Skies over Yemen is a richly illustrated and unique point of reference about one segment of modern aerial warfare in Yemen that remains entirely unknown until today.

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Based on first research and extensive use of official documentation from both sides, this is the first-ever inclusive military history of naval warfare between Iran and Iraq.

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Originally envisaged and acquired as a pure interceptor, before long the Mirage F.1 in Iraqi service proved a highly capable multi-role platform aircraft, and was widely deployed not only for ground attack but also anti-shipping purposes, as an aerial tanker, and for delivering long-range pin-point attacks.

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Operation HOREV the Israeli winter offensive from December 1948 until January 1949 practically ended Israels War for Independence (also known as the 1948 Arab-Israeli War), with an Israeli victory that forced Egypt to seek ceasefire and to negotiate a settlement with the fledgling nation.

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By participating in 1956 Suez Crisis Israel exploited an opportunity to join forces with France and the United Kingdom in an attack against Egypt in order to accomplish diplomatic, military and political objectives: to open the Red Sea international shipping lane to ships sailing from and to Eilat; to strengthen its alliance with France; to end ...