J.P.Harris and F.H.Toase present a documented account of armoured warfare worldwide and look towards its future. Armoured forces have played dramatic roles in the 20th century and their operations have helped shape today's world. This contemporary and wide-ranging analysis, with contributions by eight experts on military affairs, shows what a crucial role armour continues to play today.
| ISBN | 071345962X | | DEWEY edition | DC20 | | ISBN13 | 9780713459623 (What's this?) | | Pages | 320 | | Publisher | Anova Books | | Weight (grammes) | 1 | | Imprint | Batsford Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 234 | | Publication date | 05 Aug 1990 | | Width (mm) | 156 | | Library of Congress | UG446.5 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY | 623.747509 | |
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The origins of armour, D.J.Fletcher; British armour 1918-40 - doctrine and development, J.P.Harris; the development of German armoured forces 1918-40, W.Heinemann; British armoured warfare in the western desert 1940-43, P.G.Griffith; the operational employment of Soviet armour in the Great Patriotic War, C.J.Dick; the American experience of armour 1919-53, S.D.Badsey; armour in Vietnam, J.L.Pimlott; the Israeli experience, F.H.Toase; the contemporary Soviet view, T.R.W.Waters; Nato's central front, M.Nicklaus-Carter; conclusion - arms past and present, J.P.Harris and F.H.Toase.