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136the RN requires an even greater stretch of the imagination. Theseaeroplanes are featured because they can easily be related to the contentof the latter part of the book which is such a generalised account thatalmost anything goes, resulting in a considerable loss of both contrastand focus compared to the first twelve chapters.Apart from an appendix dealing with the recently solved mystery ofthe fate of Adrian Warburton, the content of this new edition is almostidentical to that of the original; one or two errors have been corrected buta lot of others have been left undisturbed. There are, for instance, manymisspelled place names, among them Houges (for Hinges), Mauberge(for Maubeuge), Serrit (for Serris), Pezearches (for P%u00e9zarches); Sulva(for Suvla) Bay, Belleroy (for Balleroy); Gilze Rizen (for Rijen),Anacosta (for Anacostia) and so on. There are a number of other odditiestoo, eg the A-36 variant of the Mustang was not a two-seater; the%u2018Auster%u2019 in the photograph on page 178 is a Stinson L-5; the Canberrasillustrated on page 256 belonged to No 58 (not 59) Sqn; No 81 Sqn flewMeteor 10s (not 9s); Shackletons were not equipped with MAD andAEW stands for Airborne (not Advanced) Early Warning %u2013 especiallynot in the context of the Shackleton Mk 2. None of these are critical, ofcourse, but they do rather spoil the overall effect and it is a shame thatthe publishers missed the opportunity to give the text a final polishbefore relaunching this book.That said, and notwithstanding my specific criticisms, this is a goodbook, especially the first twelve chapters. It is good to have it availableagain and the more than 350 excellent photographs that it contains arealone well worth the price.CGJTargeting the Reich by Dr Alfred Price. Greenhill; 2003. %u00a318.95.The basis of Dr Price%u2019s latest book is the wartime Royal Air Forcejournal Evidence in Camera which used to publish selected intelligenceproduct in the form of visual imagery %u2013 or, what we used call,photographs. Computer enhancement techniques have made it possibleto reproduce a selection of these pictures with little or no loss ofdefinition, and a very interesting collection they make.The book opens with an account of the evolution of the RAF%u2019sphotographic reconnaissance capabilities in European skies duringWW II. While mention is made of the Mosquito and the nocturnal