198pp, section of black and white photographs. Black cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. 8vo.Lightly bumped spine ends. Corners rubbed. Text block edges tanning, just affecting pages. Internally neat, clean and tight. Dust jacket has some small closed tears, significant shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, not price clipped.
Looks at the French aircraft which became a commercial and political weapon of immense power and yet it was de Galle's embargo on 50 Mirages constructed for Israel that played a significant part in his own irrevocable fall from power.