Weapons of the Gulf War by S. L. Mayer & Charles Percival & Ian V. Hogg & Antony Preston

Weapons of the Gulf War (Illustrated 1991 Gulf War Weapons Survey in Dust Jacket)

An Illustrated Survey of the Aircraft, Missiles, Tanks and Ships Deployed by Both Sides in the 1991 Gulf War

Bibliographic Specifications

• Title: Weapons of the Gulf War
• Authors: S. L. Mayer & Charles Percival & Ian V. Hogg & Antony Preston
• Publisher: Bison Books Ltd, London
• Publication Date: 1991
• ISBN-13: 9780861249152
• ISBN-10: 0861249151
• Edition Details: First published in 1991.
• Binding: Publisher's pictorial hardcover with printed boards and blue cloth spine, issued with a dust jacket.
• Physical Format: Large-format illustrated volume, roughly quarto, with many colour photographs and cutaway drawings.
• Language: English

Official Condition Report

• The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
• Exterior / Boards: The printed pictorial boards are bright and clean, with a blue cloth spine. Corners and edges are sharp and square. No wear is evident to the boards.
• Interior: The pages are clean and white, with no foxing, markings or ownership inscriptions. The binding is tight and the book opens well. A very slight crease or small mark may be present at the top outer corner of one leaf, barely visible.
• The Dust Jacket: Present and intact, with a clean, glossy finish to the front, spine and back and no obvious tears. A small ISBN barcode label is on the back. Protected in a durable archival-type plastic cover.

Synopsis & Historical Value

Weapons of the Gulf War, published in London by Bison Books in 1991, is an illustrated survey of the weaponry used in the conflict that followed Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. It was produced quickly in the wake of the war and captures how the campaign was understood at the time.

The book covers aircraft and air-launched weapons, missiles, tanks and ships, illustrated with many colour photographs and cutaway drawings, among them a cutaway of the F/A-18 Hornet. An introduction looks at how the arms came to be supplied to Iraq.

It was written by a team of specialist authors in the field of arms and naval history, and offers a useful period record of the military hardware of the early 1990s. A clean, jacketed copy of interest to collectors of modern militaria and late twentieth-century conflict.

Author Profile: Ian V. Hogg and Antony Preston

Ian V. Hogg (1926-2002) was a British author on firearms, artillery and fortifications. After retiring in 1972 he served as Master Gunner at the Royal Military College of Science. He wrote, co-wrote or edited about 150 books, and edited Jane's Infantry Weapons from 1972 to 1994. His other works include Military Small Arms of the 20th Century.

Antony Preston (1938-2004) was an English naval historian and editor, born in Salford and educated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg. He was the first editor of the journal Warship.

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