{"product_id":"airborne-early-warning-1983-1st-edition-hardback-plus-dust-jacket","title":"Airborne Early Warning: 1983 1st edition hardback plus dust jacket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: mike Hirst\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: Osprey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePagination: 192\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat: Hardback + DJ\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: Very good, would be fine apart from slight shelf wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1st Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a superb book but one of it's time, essentially mid 1980's. Mike Hirst is an ex Flight magazine editor so knows his stuff.  The early part of the book  covers aspects early warning  from the US Civil war and WW1 which I consider superfluous and a waste of  space.  There is also a very technical section on airborne radar that explains in detail the different types of antenna and problems such as side lobeing.  An area I deliberately avoided in my book primarily because I am not a radar technician and I couldn't really explain it  any better that Mike does in his book. It is amusing that it was written around the time of the Nimrod AEW hiatus and it's ultimate fate had not been decided when this book was published.  Again the  explanations of early AEW history are incomplete and sketchy, that may be because the secret files that referred to the subject had not  yet been released when this book was written.  I would give it 8\/10 as it is still the best theory book out there. (AEW World review).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Osprey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67671441178923,"sku":"18312","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1022\/1289\/5019\/files\/airborne-early-warning-1983-1st-edition-hardback-plus-dust-jacket_18312_main_original.jpg?v=1791256489","url":"https:\/\/militaryhistorybooks.com\/products\/airborne-early-warning-1983-1st-edition-hardback-plus-dust-jacket","provider":"Military History Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}