FOR THE SECOND YEAR THE ROYAL UNITED SERVICES INSTITUTE FOR DEFENCE STUDIES HAS EDITED THE RUSI AND BRASSEY'S DEFENCEYEARBOOK. THIS PARTNERSHIP HAD THE IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF ALMOST DOUBLING THE CIRCULATION OF THE 1974 YEARBOOK OVER THE PREVIOUS ISSUE AND, WE FEEL, UNDERLINES THE DISTINCTION OF THE CONTRIBUTORS AND THE VALUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS MADE BY THEYEARBOOK UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE RUSI.AS A RESULT OF A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARBEITSKREIS FUR WEHRFORSCHUNG IN STUTTGART THE YEARBOOK IS NOW ESTABLISHING A SALE IN GERMANY AND IN THIS ISSUE WE WELCOMETWO ARTICLES BY DISTINGUISHED GERMAN MILITARY COMMENTATORS. IT IS HOPED IN FUTURE ISSUES TO FURTHER BROADEN THE EUROPEAN BASE OF THE PUBLICATION.
