Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance: An Introduction Seventh edition – Vol 1. Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series Volume 258 P. Zarchan, Reston, VA, USA. xxxi; 699 pp. 2019. Illustrated. Distributed by Transatlantic Publishers Group, 97 Greenham Road, London N10 1LN, UK. £116. (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; [email protected] ). ISBN 978-1-62410-537-1 .; Advanced Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance seventh edition Vol 2 Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series – Volume 259 P. Zarchan, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, USA. xxix; 706 pp. 2019. Illustrated. Distributed by Transatlantic Publishers Group, 97 Greenham Road, London N10 1LN, UK. £116 (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; [email protected] ). ISBN 978-1-62410-538-8. (Both books can be purchased also as a two-volume set for £165. (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; [email protected] ). ISBN 978-1-62410-584-5 )

Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance: An Introduction Seventh edition–Vol 1. Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series Volume 258 P. Zarchan Reston, VA, USA. xxxi; 699 pp. 2019. Illustrated. Distributed by Transatlantic Publishers Group, 97 Greenham Road, London N10 1LN, UK. £116. (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; [email protected]). ISBN 978-1-62410-537-1.

Advanced Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance seventh edition Vol 2 Progress in Aeronautics and Astronautics Series–Volume 259 P. Zarchan American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA, USA. xxix; 706 pp. 2019. Illustrated. Distributed by Transatlantic Publishers Group, 97 Greenham Road, London N10 1LN, UK. £116 (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; [email protected]). ISBN 978-1-62410-538-8. (Both books can be purchased also as a two-volume set for £165. (20% discount available to RAeS members on request; [email protected]). ISBN 978-1-62410-584-5)

Paul Zarchan’s book Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance is possibly one of the standard texts on the subject, making any review a somewhat hazardous operation. However, this review is for the seventh edition, and I was fortunate enough to complete the review for the sixth edition for The Aeronautical Journal in January 2013, which has given me a good basis for a comparative analysis of the publication.

The most immediate impression is that the ‘book’ is now published as two volumes – Vol. 1 Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance: An Introduction and Vol. 2 Advanced Tactical and Strategic Missile Guidance. These two volumes bring the page count up to 1,441, an increase of 40% above the content of the single-volume sixth edition with 1,039 pages. Besides this increase in content, many of the chapters have been re-arranged into...