| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
499 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : Faber, 2000. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-482) and index. |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations vii -- 1 The Heaviness of an Age 1 -- PART I. ItWas an Actual Fact -- 2 A Monster is Evolved 23 -- 3 Big Joke 38 -- 4 Breaking the Line (the War Artist's Dilemma) 54 -- 5 Raising the Heavy Branch at Bermicourt 62 -- 6 Banking on the Tank 81 -- 7 MoralVictory lo1 -- PART II. In the Church of Mechanization -- 8 Bringing it All Back Home 113 -- 9 The Prophet's Creed 134 -- lo The Secret Imprint of the Great Beast 155 -- n The Mission Overseas 182 -- PART III. Blitzkrieg -- 12 The Lancer and the Panzer 231 -- 13 Through Sixty Years of Mist 252 -- 14 Into Russia with Curzio Malaparte 270 -- i5 The Tiger and the Mouse 287 -- i6 Tributes: A Flag for Europe and the True Birth of Punk 308 -- PART IV. The Coming of the Merkava -- 17 The Steeling of Zion 319 -- 18 Jewish Blitzkrieg? 346 -- PART V. After the Cold War -- 19 Conversion: Pink Tank and Poliscar 377 -- 20 Fort Knox: Cybertanks and the Army After Next 409 -- Notes 447 -- Acknowledgements 483 -- Index 487. |
| Subject |
Tank warfare -- History.
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Tanks (Military science) -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Wright, Patrick. Tank. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 2002 (OCoLC)595365681 |
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Online version: Wright, Patrick. Tank. 1st American ed. New York : Viking, 2002 (OCoLC)606945896 |
| ISBN |
0670030708 |
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9780670030705 |
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