A fascinating and detailed insight into tank warfare, from introduction during World War I to the war in Vietnam.

After its introduction during the First World War, the tank revolutionised warfare, and proved to be a terrifying and efficient machine of war.

Kenneth Macksey provides a study of the policy-makers and tank strategists, the technical and tactical development, as well as presenting the story of the tank on the battlefield the split-second decisions, the battle-weary crews and the endless mud in this fascinating and detailed account of tank warfare.

Kenneth Macksey was a distinguished British author and military historian, specialising in World War II. Mackey was commissioned in the Royal Armoured Corps and served during the war, winning a Military Cross. He was transferred to the Royal Tank Regiment in 1947, and retired from the British Army in 1968. He died in November 2005.

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Preface

1 Overture in the Mud
2 Prelude to Battle
3 Battles in Infantry Style
4 The Seeds of Conviction
5 The Tanks' Offensive
6 A Clash of Ideas
7 Fugues and Feuds in the Thirties
8 Misleading Rehearsals
9 On the Eve of the Great Tank War
10 The Destruction of Poland
11 The Shattering of Illusions
12 America in rhe Doldrums
13 Tank Versus Tank in the Desert
14 Mediterranean Digressions
15 Battles Against Odds in Russia
16 The Expanding War
17 Mechanical Symphony
18 The Oil Search
19 At the Moment of Change
20 Study in Crisis
21 A Sort of Stabilization
22 Struggle in the West
23 A Dying Fall
24 The Byways of Peace
25 Reflection
26 The Future

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