This volume, the third and final in a miniseries on hypersonic propulsion, presents a detailed exposition of the gradual maturing of scramjet technologies. Curran (Department of the Air Force) and Murthy (Purdue U.) present 17 chapters that cover a survey of developments in several parts of the world (Australia, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, and the U.S., especially the U.S.), some possibilities for the future in detonation engines and electromagnetic field interactions; and integration methodology of the overall scramjet engine system. Lacks an index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)