Tom Cooper
Tom Cooper is an Austrian aerial warfare analyst and historian. Following a career in the worldwide transportation business - during which he established a network of contacts in the Middle East and Africa - he moved into narrow-focus analysis and writing on small, little-known air forces and conflicts, about which he has collected extensive archives. This has resulted in specialisation in such Middle Eastern air forces as of those of Egypt, Iran, Iraq, and Syria, and various African and Asian air forces. In addition to authoring and co-authoring more than 50 books - including an in-depth analysis of major Arab air forces during the wars with Israel in 1955-1973 - and over 1,000 articles, Cooper is a co-editor of Helion’s @War book series.
Books
- Fitters in the Middle East : Sukhoi Su-7/17/20/22 in Service in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, 1967-2022 Author
- Lebanese Civil War Volume 5 : Rushing to the Deadline, 11-12 June 1982 Author
- Lebanese Civil War Volume 4 : The Showdown, 8-12 June 1982 Author
- The June 1967 Arab-Israeli War Volume 2 : The Southern Front Author
- War in Ukraine Volume 6 : Air War, February-December 2022 Author
- War in Ukraine Volume 7 : Air War, January-December 2023 Author
- Iran-Iraq Naval War Volume 2 : Convoy Battles, 1981-1982 Author
- The June 1967 Arab-Israeli War Volume 1 : Prequel and Opening Moves of the Air War Author
- Ripped Apart Volume 1 : The Cyprus Crisis 1963-64 Author
- War of Intervention in Angola Volume 5 : Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1987-1992 Author
- Iran-Iraq Naval War Volume 1 : Opening Blows, September-November 1980 Author
- War in Ukraine Volume 2 : Russian Invasion, February 2022 Author
- Lebanese Civil War Volume 3 : Moving to War, 4-7 June 1982 Author
- From Julietts to Yasens : Development and Operational History of Soviet Nuclear-Powered Cruise-Missile Submarines 1958-2022 Series Editor
- Al-Hussein : Iraqi Indigenous Conventional Arms Projects, 1980-2003 Author
- Hunting the Viet Cong Volume 1 : The Counterinsurgency Campaign in South Vietnam 1961-1963. The Strategic Hamlet Programme Series Editor
- The Iran-Iraq War : The Greatest Land War of the Late Twentieth Century Author
- War in Ukraine Volume 1 : Armed Formations of the Donetsk People's Republic, 2014 - 2022 Series Editor
- Moscow's Game of Poker (Revised edition) : Russian Military Intervention in Syria, 2015-2017 Author
- Syrian Conflagration (Revised Edition) : The Syrian Civil War 2011-2013 Author
- Wings of Iraq Volume 2 : The Iraqi Air Force, 1970-1980 Author
- Lebanese Civil War Volume 2 : Quiet Before the Storm, 1978-1981 Author
- MiGs in the Middle East Volume 2 : Soviet-designed Combat Aircraft in Egypt and Syria 1963-1967 Author
- War of Intervention in Angola Volume 4 : Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1985-1987 Author
- MiGs in the Middle East Volume 1 : Soviet-Designed Combat Aircraft in Egypt, Iraq & Syria, 1955-1963 Author
- Operation Desert Storm Volume 2 : Operation Desert Storm and the Coalition Liberation of Kuwait 1991 Author
- In the Claws of the Tomcat : US Navy F-14 Tomcats in Air Combat against Iran and Iraq, 1987-2000 Author
- War of Intervention in Angola Volume 3 : Angolan and Cuban Air Forces 1975-1985 Author
- Wings of Iraq Volume 1 : The Iraqi Air Force 1931-1970 Author
- Showdown in Western Sahara Volume 2 : Air Warfare over the Last African Colony, 1975-1991 Author
- The Iran-Iraq War Volume 1 : The Battle for Khuzestan September 1980-May 1982 Author
- The Iran-Iraq War Volume 2 : Iran Strikes Back June 1982-December 1986 Author
- Lebanese Civil War Volume 1 : Palestinian Diaspora Syrian and Israeli Interventions 1970-78 Author
- 1973: The First Nuclear War : Crucial Air Battles Of The October 1973 Arab-Israeli War Author
- Desert Storm Volume 1 : The Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait & Operation Desert Shield 1990-1991 Author
- Iraqi Mirages : Dassault Mirage Family in Service with Iraqi Air Force 1981-1988 Author
- Showdown in Western Sahara Volume 1 : Air Warfare over the Last African Colony, 1945-1975 Author
- War of Intervention in Angola Volume 1 : Angolan and Cuban Forces at War, 1975-1976 Author
- Hot Skies over Yemen Volume 2 : Aerial Warfare over the Southern Arabian Peninsula, 1994-2017 Author
- Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars Volume 2 : Eritrean War of Independence, 1988-1991 & Badme War, 1998-2001 Author
- MiG-23 Flogger in the Middle East : Mikoyan I Gurevich MiG-23 in Service in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Libya and Syria, 1973 Until Today Author
- Paradise Afire Volume 1 : The Sri Lankan War 1971-1987 Author
- Ethiopian-Eritrean Wars Volume 1 : Eritrean War of Independence, 1961-1988 Author
- The Iran-Iraq War Volume 4 : The Forgotten Fronts Author
- The Iran-Iraq War Volume 3 : Iraq's Triumph Author
- Hot Skies over Yemen Volume 1 : Aerial Warfare over the Southern Arabian Peninsula, 1962-1994 Author
- Wings over Sinai : The Egyptian Air Force during the Sinai War, 1956 Author
- Hawker Hunters at War : Iraq and Jordan 1958-1967 Author
- Libyan Air Wars Part 3 : 1986-1989 Author
- Libyan Air Wars Part 2 : 1985-1986 Author
- The Rwandan Patriotic Front : 1990-1994 Author
- Wars and Insurgencies of Uganda : 1971-1994 Author
- Libyan Air Wars Part 1 : 1973-1985 Author
- Wings over Ogaden : The Ethiopian-Somali War 1978-1979 Author
- Great Lakes Conflagration : The Second Congo War, 1998-2003 Author
- Great Lakes Holocaust : The First Congo War, 1996-1997 Author
Series
- Africa@War Series Editor
- Asia@War Series Editor
- Europe@War Series Editor
- Latin America@War Series Editor
- Middle East@War Series Editor
- Technology@War Series Editor