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This book charts the history of armoured warfare from the first use of the tank in 1916 right through to the 21st century, adopting military, political and global perspectives. Exploring the origins of the tank, the part it has played in wars throughout the 20th and 21st centuries and its contribution to their outcomes, Alaric Searle offers a complete history of the employment of armoured fighting vehicles in multiple major theatres of war since 1914.
Tracing how all kinds of armour have evolved in warfare and as a tool of propaganda, this book includes, but also goes beyond, the World Wars to understand mechanised warfare in Korea, Indo-China and Vietnam, as well as in conflicts such as the Arab-Israeli Wars and Gulf Wars. This revised and updated edition includes new content on the Indo-Pakistan Wars and major wars of decolonisation in Africa, and brings Armoured Warfare up to date. Covering conflicts such as the Syrian Civil War, Afghanistan, Ukraine and Gaza, it considers what the role, and future, is of the tank and other armour in the age of the drone and cyberwarfare.
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Preface
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Introduction
1. The new warfare: The First World War, 1914-18
2. Innovation versus stagnation: The interwar period, 1919-39
3. Blitzkrieg: German successes and Russian failures, 1939-41
4. Quality versus mass: The Soviet-German War, 1941-45
5. Difficult terrain: Deserts, mountains, hedgerows, jungles, 1940-45
6. The Cold War (I): Armour in Korea, Indo-China and Vietnam
7. The Cold War (II): The central European battlefield
8. Post-colonial conventional conflict, 1947-2021
9. The Arab-Israeli Wars, 1948-2011
10. Iraq and the Gulf wars, 1980-2011
11. Hybrid mechanized and anti-armour war, 2011-26
12. The 'political history' of the tank
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 2nd |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 9781350538054 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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