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LEADER: 02129cam a22002775a 4500
001 2002278426
003 DLC
005 20070510143244.0
008 020405s2002 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2002278426
020 $a0670030708 (alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aUG446.5$b.W75 2002
100 1 $aWright, Patrick.
245 10 $aTank :$bthe progress of a monstrous war machine /$cPatrick Wright.
250 $a1st American ed.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c2002.
300 $a499 p., [8] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine 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.
650 0 $aTanks (Military science)$xHistory.
650 0 $aTank warfare$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy022/2002278426.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002278426-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002278426-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2002278426-s.html