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Tank

the progress of a monstrous war machine

1st American ed.

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Viking
Language
English
Pages
499

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Subjects

Tanks (Military science), Tank warfare, History, New York Times reviewed
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Cover of: Tank
Tank
April 2003, Tandem Library
Hardcover in English
Cover of: Tank
Tank
April 1, 2003, Penguin (Non-Classics)
in English
Cover of: Tank
Tank: the progress of a monstrous war machine
2002, Viking
in English - 1st American ed.
Cover of: Tank
Tank: The Progress of a Monstrous War Machine
April 25, 2002, Viking Adult
Hardcover in English - 1st American ed edition
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Tank
September 3, 2001, Faber and Faber
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Tank: the progress of a monstrous war machine
2000, Faber and Faber
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Table of 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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Library of Congress
UG446.5 .W75 2002, UG446.5

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499 p., [8] p. of plates :
Number of pages
499

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OL3581949M
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2002278426
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