Author: Perrett, Bryan
Publisher: Cassell
Year: 1999
ISBN: 0304351288
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 222 pages. With the First World War the age of cavalry died, and in its place a new form of warfare evolved - mechanical warfare. This is the story of that evolution, which saw tanks and other armoured vehicles develop from lumbering, primitive and vulnerable targets to immensely powerful fighting machines. The the early tank battles of the First World War, through the theoretical developments of Guderain and Liddell Hart, to the terror of the Second World War and beyond, Bryan Perrett charts the evolution of 20th century armoured warfare in terms of vehicles, equipment and tactics. Examining British, American, German, Russian and Australian actions, he gives a comprehensive view of all forms of armoured conflict. The book concludes with a look at the liberation of Kuwait in 1991, a classic example of armoured warfare.