Deighton, Len (intro A. J. P. Taylor), - FIGHTER - The True Story of the Battle of Britain.

Triad / Grafton, London, 1986, reprint, paperback, 335pp, 62 half tone illustrations and 33 in text figures and/or diagrams, decorative montage upper wrapper (unattrib.), the acclaimed and comprehensive account of the Battle of Britain, with an examination of pre-WW2 air defence strategy, a biographical sketch of Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding - the C in C of RAF Fighter Command, the aircraft, radar and operational control, a day by day account of the Battle with the tactics employed and the results (stripped of contemporary propaganda enhancement), and how, with superior numbers, Germany managed not to win, faint creasing and sunning to spine, a little rubbed at extrems., edges tanned, very good,

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