Tim Ripley is a full time author and photojournalist who has covered NATO and United Nations operations in many of the world's trouble-spots, including Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq. He is also a keen student of military history and has written numerous books on hardware, tactics, and campaigns, includingBayonet Battle, Operation Deliberate Force, Jane's Pocket Guide to Modern Military Helicopters,andLand Power: the Coalition and the Iraqi Armies. He currently lives in the north of England.