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 three decades, and served with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think tank. He is the author of many books on military technology and history, including NVG 294 Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 and NVG 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II. He lives in Maryland, USA.

Steve Noon produced the artwork for this volume.