Twentieth-Century Artillery

New York: Barnes & Noble, 2000. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Format is approximately 5 inches by 6.5 inches. 320 pages. Illustrations (mostly in color). Glossary. Index. DJ has some soiling. Ian Vernon Hogg (1926 - 7 March 2002) was a British author of books on firearms, artillery, ammunition, and fortification, as well as biographies of several famous general officers. During his career he wrote, co-wrote, edited, or co-edited about 150 books. Ian V. Hogg enlisted in the Royal Artillery of the British Army in April 1945. During World War II he served in Europe and in eastern Asia. After the war he remained in the military. In the early 1950s, he served in the Korean War. Altogether he served in the military for 27 years. Upon retiring in 1972, he held the appointment of Master Gunner at the Royal Military College of Science, where he taught on the subjects of firearms, artillery, and their ammunition and use. Hogg also had an interest in the subject of fortification and was one of the founding members of the Fortress Study Group in 1975. His first books were published in the late 1960s while he was still an instructor. After retiring from the military, he pursued the career of military author and historian. He was editor of Jane's Infantry Weapons from 1972 to 1994. He worked with a skilled artist, John Batchelor, to ensure that his books were well illustrated with cutaway diagrams. He contributed articles to a variety of journals, and his books have been translated into many languages. Hogg was a frequent guest on the History Channel's Tales of the Gun and a contributor to the A&E channel's 1996 series The Story of the Gun, and other military-related television programs. "300 artillery pieces featured from 1900 to the present day, each one illustrated by a full-colour artwork." This work addresses: Field and heavy artillery, Air defence artillery, Anti-armour weapons, Light support weapons, Surface-to-surface missiles, Air defence missiles, Railway artillery, Self-propelled artillery, and Free-flight rockets.