Tanks
An Illustrated History of Their Impact
Published on 25. October 2004
396 pages
978-1-57607-996-6 (ISBN)
Description
This expert study discusses the development and evolution of the tank and the tactics behind its employment, covering both its capabilities as a weapons system and its strategic use on the battlefield.
Tanks: An Illustrated History of the Their Impact follows the development of tracked-and-armored fighting vehicles across the 20th century, from the world wars to the Cold War battlefields of Korea and Vietnam; and from Arab-Israeli conflicts to the Persian Gulf. The book describes the distinctive characteristics and capabilities of each new generation of tank, as well as the formulation of armored doctrines and deployment strategies in France, Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, Israel, and the Arab nations.
It is an expert introduction to how the role of the tank has changed over time, a story of technological innovation, strategic daring, desperate battles (Stalingrad, Kursk), and charismatic commanders like Erwin Rommel and George S. Patton (who defeated Rommel's division by following a plan from the Desert Fox's own book).
Tanks: An Illustrated History of the Their Impact follows the development of tracked-and-armored fighting vehicles across the 20th century, from the world wars to the Cold War battlefields of Korea and Vietnam; and from Arab-Israeli conflicts to the Persian Gulf. The book describes the distinctive characteristics and capabilities of each new generation of tank, as well as the formulation of armored doctrines and deployment strategies in France, Britain, Germany, the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, Israel, and the Arab nations.
It is an expert introduction to how the role of the tank has changed over time, a story of technological innovation, strategic daring, desperate battles (Stalingrad, Kursk), and charismatic commanders like Erwin Rommel and George S. Patton (who defeated Rommel's division by following a plan from the Desert Fox's own book).
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English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Illustrations
141 bw illus
File size
14,85 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-57607-996-6 (9781576079966)
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10/2004
ABC-CLIO
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Spencer C. Tucker, PhD, is senior fellow in military history for ABC-CLIO and the author or editor of more than 40 books and encyclopedias, many of which have been recognized by awards.
Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION TO WEAPONS AND WARFARE SERIES
- PREFACE
- CHAPTER 1 Introduction of the Tank, 1914-1918
- PRECURSORS TO THE TANK
- NEW TECHNOLOGIES
- THE BATTLEFIELD DEADLOCK
- DEVELOPMENT OF THE TANK
- FRANCE
- UNITED STATES
- GERMANY
- EMPLOYMENT OF TANKS ON THE BATTLEFIELD
- BATTLE OF THE SOMME
- NIVELLE OFFENSIVE
- BATTLE OF CAMBRAI
- ENDNOTES
- CHAPTER 2 The Interwar Years, 1918-1939
- GREAT BRITAIN
- FRANCE
- POLAND
- UNITED STATES
- SOVIET UNION
- ITALY
- JAPAN
- GERMANY
- FORMATION OF TANK DOCTRINE: THE ADVOCATES
- ENDNOTES
- CHAPTER 3 World War II, 1939-1945
- GREAT BRITAIN
- CANADA
- AUSTRALIA
- GERMANY
- ITALY
- JAPAN
- SOVIET UNION
- UNITED STATES
- ARMORED WARFARE DURING WORLD WAR II
- ENDNOTES
- CHAPTER 4 Tanks of the Cold War, 1945-1989
- GREAT BRITAIN
- FRANCE
- WEST GERMANY
- SOVIET UNION
- UNITED STATES
- MIDDLE EAST
- Israel
- Arab States
- Iran
- Pakistan and India
- SOUTHEAST ASIA
- CHINA
- FAR EAST
- JAPAN
- EMPLOYMENT OF TANKS IN THE COLD WAR
- ENDNOTES
- CHAPTER 5 Contemporary Tanks, 1989 to the Present
- GREAT BRITAIN
- CHINA
- FRANCE
- WEST GERMANY
- ITALY
- ISRAEL
- INDIA
- JAPAN
- SOUTH KOREA
- RUSSIA
- UNITED STATES
- CONTEMPORARY TANK WARFARE
- ENDNOTES
- Individual Tank Models
- WORLD WAR I
- PRE-WORLD WAR II
- WORLD WAR II
- COLD WAR
- CONTEMPORARY
- WORLD WAR I
- PRE-WORLD WAR II
- WORLD WAR II
- COLD WAR
- CONTEMPORARY
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS FOR TANKS AND THEIR ORDNANCE
- REFERENCES
- INDEX
