The British Tanks 1915-19 (Crowood Armour) [Hardcover]

David Fletcher (Author)

Book Description

Series: Crowood Armour | Publication Date: August 5, 2001

This fascinating and well-researched story of the design and production of the first British tanks begins with schemes hatched in the mid-19th century and continues through these military vehicles' baptism by fire on the muddy fields of World War I. Illustrated with archival photographs from the Tank Museum in Bovington, England.

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About the Author

David Fletcher had been the librarian at the Tank Museum at Bovington for almost twenty years. He is a leading authority on tanks and he drove the Tank Museum's 1917 Mark IV for the BBC TV series Soldiers. He has appeared in many television programmes and has written numerous books and magazine articles.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Crowood (August 5, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1861264003
• ISBN-13: 978-1861264008
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,314,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent David Fletcher book, March 31, 2008

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Terry Sofian "tsofian" (St Peters, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The British Tanks 1915-19 (Crowood Armour) (Hardcover)

David Fletcher is one of the best writers on the History of British Armour. Any of his titles are worth reading. If a person wanted only a single volume to read on the begins of the Tank in British service, this would be that volume. It has excellent illustrations, a highly readable text style and manages to avoid most of the ax grinding found in developmental histories of tanks, especially those that center on the Great War.

A fun read by a researcher that can walk out of his office and go examine most of the vehicles he is describing in the building next door. A asset to any armor library or any colelction on the Great War.