Ýeah, I found that game too. It's a nice example of self-destruction by Short.

I was reminded of James Plaskett having played this with White, and later writing that it isn't good.  It's odd that in annotating a game of his against Short in which he played 10. Nc3, Plaskett wrote about White being (only) one tempo down.  "Consequently 10. Ng3 or 10. Be3 might be tried here, but Black ought to be happy with the opening," he continued. 

Regarding what MNb said, I thought it was generally understood that playing the Tarrasch (variation, not defense) this way works out to White's disadvantage when compared to standard IQP stuff.  For example the first line given under Part 3 is a Semi-Tarrasch (1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cd Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cd 8. ed Be7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3) two tempi down.

The whole line looks like a Colle-Koltanowski with an extra tempo for White: 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.0-0 and White has to prepare e3-e4 with Re1 or Qe2.

I suppose 7...Qb6 is met with 8.e5 transposing to the Korchnoi Gambit, Universal System or whatever this is named.
It is also interesting to compare 7...dxe4 8.Nxe4 with stuff like the Semi-Tarrasch: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 cxd4 (not necessary here) 7.exd4 Nc6 8.Bd3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0.
Finally I am reminded of two lines in the NID: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 cxd4 10.exd4 Be7 and 7...dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxd4 9.exd4 b6.
The differences don't necessarily have to be in Black's advantage. All in all I would say that this is a pretty good way to combat the French. Make sure you feel comfortable playing with an IQP.
I will buy the book myself, even though some diagrams on the contents pages are wrong.