Acknowledgements; Dedication; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Early Post-War Period; Chapter 2: Joining the Royal Armoured Corps; Chapter 3: The Regiment; Chapter 4: korea; Chapter 5: The 1950s; Chapter 6: 1959-1969: The RAC Focused on BAOR; Chapter 7: The Armoured Regiments in the Early Cold War Period; Chapter 8: Armoured Reconnaissance; Chapter 9: Chieftain; Chapter 10: The 1970s; Chapter 11: The 1980s and the End of the Cold War; Conclusion; Notes; Appendix I: Territorial RAC Regiments 1947-1990; Appendix II: RAC Battle Tanks 1945-1990; Appendix III: RAC Middle East.