Helicopters

by Charles Messenger

Discusses the various roles of the combat helicopter, the threats against it, and the current research being done to overcome these threats, and includes a short technical and combat history of the helicopter

47 pages, Library Binding

First published October 1, 1985

About the author

Charles Rynd Milles Messenger was a British Army officer and writer. He served for many years in the Royal Tank Regiment (19 years as a Regular, 13 years as a Territorial) before becoming a military historian and defense analyst after his retirement from active service. In addition to having published more than forty books during his long career, he also carried out several historical analyses for the Ministry Of Defence and was a writer and/or adviser for several TV documentary series.