Part of an ever-expanding series covering German warplanes of the Great War, the particular virtues of this series is how each book puts a manufacturer, or given type of aircraft in its proper context. This is besides providing good color profiles and drawings of all the machines covered. Less good is that while the photos are well chosen, that this series is apparently print-on-demand means the reproduction values are not necessarily of the first order.

If I have a particular problem with the volume in question, it's that Herris doesn't draw any conclusions about whether the German armored warplanes were an influence on American experiments with comparable aircraft after the war. Still, I do expect to be acquiring further books by the author. ( )