"This book offers up to date and comprehensive coverage of hypersonic air-breathing propulsion systems of the type being developed for missiles, re-usable launch systems and for manned and unmanned aircraft. There has been a huge amount of development in the field over the last ten years, and this book addresses a real need for a book that summarizes the state of the art for engineers and researchers, with potential also for use as a text on a growing number of courses on the topic."-- Provided by publisher.