John Stone

The Tank Debate

Armour and the Anglo-American Military Tradition

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, John Stone highlights the equivocal position that armour has traditionally occupied in Anglo-American thought, and explains why - despite predictions to the contrary - the tank has remained an important instrument of war.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9781138002319
• ISBN-10: 1138002313
• Artikelnr.: 39712298

Autorenporträt

John Stone is a lecturer in the Department of War Studies, King's College London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Explaining the Tank Debate 2. The Development of
Anglo-American Military Thought 3. Technology and the Tank Debate 4.
Incremental Development and Obsolescence 5. The 1980s: Development in
Doctrine and Equipment 6. Doctrine and Design 7. The Future of Armour 8.
Conclusions Bibliography. Index