Men, ideas, and tanks : British military thought and armoured forces, 1903-1939
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Men, ideas, and tanks : British military thought and armoured forces, 1903-1939
（War, armed forces and society）
Manchester University Press, c1995
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Bibliography: p. [320]-328
Includes index
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ISBN 9780719037627
Description
This work reviews the development of British military ideas on armoured forces from 1903 to 1939. Great Britain was the nation which first developed the tank, first used it in action and first gained dramatic results by its employment. The British continued as world leaders in the field of mechanized warfare until the early 1930s. The author offers his interpretations of the early history of British armoured forces and explains why Britain had lost their leading position as tank users by the outbreak of World War II.
Table of Contents
- Genesis
- tanks, visionaries and officialdom - June 1915 to November 1916
- the road to Cambrai
- Cambrai to the German spring offensive - November 1917 to June 1918
- "mechanical warfare" and victory
- an era of experiment - 1919-1931
- losing the lead - 1931-1936
- the approach of war - 1936-1939.
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: pbk ISBN 9780719048142
Description
Men, ideas and tanks reviews the development of British military ideas on armoured forces from 1903 to 1939. Great Britain was the nation which first developed the tank, first used it in action and first gained dramatic results by employment. The British continued to be world leaders in the field of mechanised warfare until the early 1930s.
J. P. Harris offers strikingly new interpretations of the early history of British armoured forces and explains why Great Britain had lost the lead by the outbreak of the Second World War.
Available in paperback once more, this work will be of interest to all those concerned with British military history in the first half of the twentieth century, with the history of mechanised warfare and with the history of military thought. -- .
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Genesis
2. Tanks, visionaries and officialdom: June 1915?November 1916
3. The Road to Cambrai
4. Cambrai to the German Spring Offensive: November 1917?June 1918
5. "Mechanical warfare" and victory
6. An era of experiment: 1919?31
7. Losing the lead: 1931?36
8. The approach of war: 1936?39
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index -- .
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