Tank Warfare : The Illustrated History from 1914 to the Present,9780760310168

Tank Warfare : The Illustrated History from 1914 to the Present

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ISBN13: 9780760310168
ISBN10: 0760310165
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-06-01
Publisher(s): Motorbooks Intl
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Summary

This illustrated history traces the development of tanks from 1914 prototypes to the high-tech vehicles used during the Gulf War. Accounts and analyses of major tank actions like the Blitzkrieg, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Arab-Israeli wars are interspersed with accounts of how leaders utilized tanks and devised new tactics based on their capabilities.

Author Biography

Christer Jorgensen is a lecturer in European history at the University College of South Stockholm (Sodertorn) and Folkuniversitet in Stockholm Chris Mann is a lecturer in European history at the University of Surrey and University College, London

Table of Contents

Enter the Landship
6(12)
Towards Total War
18(16)
Blitzkrieg
34(20)
The Eastern Front
54(16)
The War in the Desert
70(10)
Tank War in Africa and Italy
80(18)
Northwest Europe
98(20)
Stalin's Revenge
118(14)
The Cold War in Europe
132(12)
Hot War Post-1945
144(14)
Limited War: 1945 Onwards
158(16)
Bibliography 174(1)
Index 174

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