The Korean conflict was a pivotal event in China's modern military history. The fighting in Korea constituted an important experience for the newly formed People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), not only as a test case for this fledgling service but also in the later development of Chinese air power.
Xiaoming Zhang fills the gaps in the history of this conflict by basing his research in recently declassified Chinese and Russian archival materials. He also relies on interviews with Chinese participants in the air war over Korea. Zhang's findings challenge conventional wisdom as he...

Following the Second World War, Dan Summitt cruised the China Sea in a destroyer. During the Cold War, he worked with Adm. Hyman Rickover and commanded two nuclear submarines. In Tales of a Cold War Submariner, Summitt tells the dramatic story of his military life on and under the sea, focusing on his experiences with nuclear submarines and Admiral Rickover, "the father of the nuclear navy." His stories, anecdotes, and detailed descriptions bring this tense era to life for the reader. Summitt recounts his service as commander of the USS Seadragon on its secret mission to the North Pole, where...

The VIII National Symposium on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis was held in Bilbao, from the 12th to the 14th of May, 1999. The aim of the symposium was to provide a forum for presenting, discussing and exposing novel research and technology results in areas related to all aspects of pattern recognition and applications. All the papers published in this book have been reviewed by three members of the Program Committee. A total of 26 papers were finally selected from the 119 presented at the symposium. They are organized into categories reflecting the present areas of interest in Spain:...