title: Graphic War: The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II
author:  Donald Nijboer 
description: In a foreword, Peter Castle calls this book "a tribute to the myriad designers, draftsmen, technical and graphical illustrators, artists, and cartoonists who contributed to the millions of images on the pages of wartime technical and training manuals, the wall posters, and the vital recognition portrayals of aircraft, ships, and armored vehicles." These drawings and illustrations covered every aspect of the fighting machinery, weaponry, and training programs of the Allies in World War II, as well as those of Germany, Italy, and Japan. During the war, thousands of what Nijboer calls air diagram posters were produced. These 40-inch-by-30-inch works of art included everything from multicolored cutaway drawings of enemy aircraft to simple illustrations bearing reminders such as "Beware of the Hun in the Sun." The illustrations in the Image Collections sections are arranged by country of origin--Britain, Germany, the U.S., and the USSR. Most of the drawings are not signed or credited, primarily because of the secret nature of the work. A colorful and absorbing take on that conflict. <i>George Cohen</i><br /><i>Copyright  American Library Association. All rights reserved</i>
zlib_text: OPERATION 
  NORDWIND 1945 
  Hitler's last offensive in the West 
  ILLUSTRATED BY JIM LAURIER 
  EVEN J ZALOGA 
  
  ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR 
  STEVEN J ZALOGA received his BA in History from Union College and his 
  MA from Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace 
  industry for over two decades, covering missile systems and the international 
  arms trade, and has served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal 
  think-tank. He is the author of numerous books on military technology and 
  military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II as well as 
  Russia and the former Soviet Union. 
  JIM LAURIER is a native of New England and lives in New Hampshire. 
  He attended Paier School of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, from 1974-78, 
  and since graduating with Honors has been working professionally 
  in the field of Fine Art and Illustration. He has been commissioned to 
  paint for the US Air Force and has aviation paintings on permanent 
  display at the Pentago