Introduction 1. The New Warfare: The First World War, 1914-18 2. Innovation versus Stagnation: The Interwar Period, 1919-39 3. Blitzkrieg: The Initial German Armoured Successes, 1939-41 4. Quality versus Mass: The Soviet-German War, 1941-45 5. Difficult Terrain: Deserts, Mountains, Hedgerows, Jungles, 1940-45 6. Cold War (I): Armour in Korea, Indo-China and Vietnam 7. Cold War (II): The Central European Battlefield 8. The Arab-Israeli Wars, 1948-2006 9. Iraq and the Gulf Wars, 1980-2016 10. The 'Political History' of the Tank Conclusion Index
A global history of armoured warfare, considering its role in major wars and campaigns and its political symbolism.
Alaric Searle is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Salford, UK.
With this concise new study of armored warfare, historian Alaric
Searle (Univ. of Salford) has made a timely and important
contribution to the cyclical debate about the nature, evolution,
and ongoing utility of armored fighting vehicles … Armoured Warfare
is essential reading for anyone with a serious interest in the
evolution of military technology in modern warfare.
*Michigan War Studies Review*
[Great] value to the novice and expert alike … [Would] be ideal as
a text for any course relating to the history of innovation or
modern combat. It is a solid foundational text on an expansive and
complicated topic.
*The Journal of Military History*
[An] excellent international history of armored warfare, utilizing
both secondary and primary source material … Searle provides a
comprehensive introduction to the use of the tank in modern war and
how its application has evolved over time. Summing Up: Highly
recommended. General collections; upper-division undergraduates and
above.
*CHOICE*
Armoured Warfare is a smashing success … Even beyond its utility as
a classroom text, [it] has much to offer the scholar or the
specialist … A book like Armoured Warfare can serve as an
indispensable reintroduction to the subject.
*History: Reviews of New Books*
Armoured Warfare is a worthwhile addition to any military
library... It has a global perspective and provides a history of
the tank, and it is an ideal companion for those studying armored
warfare, modern military history, and war studies.
*Military Review*
The work of Alaric Searle is a useful introduction for both the
historian and the practitioner.
*Politique étrangère (Bloomsbury Translation)*
In the scope of its investigation, both thematic and chronological,
and in its well-documented bibliography, Armoured Warfare
ultimately provides a good learning base for the student or
researcher who wishes to learn about the history of mechanized war
in a broad sense.
*Stratégique (Bloomsbury translation)*
Alaric Searle has rendered a great service to the study of modern
military history by producing the first comprehensive academic
study of armoured warfare from its origins in the First World War
to the present day. This book should be regarded as essential
reading, not just for those with an interest in tanks, but for
those who want to fully understand the evolution of warfare
throughout the Twentieth Century.
*Timothy Bowman, Senior Lecturer in Modern British Military
History, University of Kent, UK*
Armoured Warfare: A Military, Political and Global History is an
intriguing approach to the history of the tank. Instead of the
usual depiction of the technical route of development, this new
study places it in the broader context of military doctrine and the
combat experience. To further broaden the viewpoint, it offers a
valuable international perspective on mechanized warfare.
*Steven J. Zaloga, USA*
Alaric Searle's Armoured Warfare is a uniquely valuable addition to
this literature, offering just the sort of judicious, scholarly but
well-written introduction to the subject required by students in
universities and military academies and also by the intelligent
general reader... In short this is an exemplary introductory work
on armoured forces and armoured warfare for the 21st-century
student.
*Paul Harris, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK*
Accessible, comprehensive, and authoritative, Armoured Warfare is
an excellent overview of the subject. I recommend it to anyone who
is looking for a thorough introduction to, or reliable review of,
the mechanized military operations of the past century.
*Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson, Marine Corps University, USA*
Not only for tank enthusiasts, [it's] an exciting, interesting
read.
*Militärgeschichtliche Zeitschrift (Bloomsbury Translation)*
Strongly recommended to anyone that wants a reliable and
sure-footed guide to the history of armoured warfare and it will
suit audiences from the general reader to the specialist. In
particular, this is an excellent primer for undergraduates going on
to higher level studies and they will gain a good understanding of
the underpinnings of armoured warfare from this excellent book.
*British Journal for Military History*
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