Modern American Armor: Combat Vehicles of the United States Army Today [Hardcover]

Steve Zaloga (Author), Col James W Loop (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 88 pages
• Publisher: Arms & Armour Press; 1st edition (February 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0853682488
• ISBN-13: 978-0853682486
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,687,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Steven Zaloga is a senior analyst for Teal Group Corp., an aerospace consulting firm. His professional specialization is the commercial and technological aspects of the international trade in missiles, precision guided munitions, and unmanned aerial vehicles. He also serves as an adjunct staff member with the Institute for Defense Analyses, a federal think-tank.

Mr. Zaloga has published numerous books and articles on military technology and military history. His books have been translated into Japanese, German, Polish, Czech, Romanian, and Russian. He has been a special correspondent for "Jane's Intelligence Review" and is on the executive board of the "Journal of Slavic Military Studies". From 1987 through 1992, he was the writer/director for Video Ordnance Inc., preparing their TV series "Firepower" that aired on The Discovery Channel in the US.

Mr. Zaloga was born in 1952 and received his BA in history from Union College, Schenectady, NY. He received an MA in history from Columbia University specializing in modern East European history, and did graduate research and language study at Uniwersitet Jagiellonski in Krakow, Poland.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good Overview of US Armor, August 16, 2009

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cpt matt (tanktown, DE) - See all my reviews
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This is a very good, but short book about US armor. It is 85 pages, but jammed packed with valubable information. Published in 1982, it covers US tank history from 1945 to 1982. Each weapon system is given a short review and has author's opinions as to the strengths and weaknesses of each. There are many clear B&W photos, color photos and line drawings of the weapon systems.

Ample attention is given to varients of each tank, statistical data to compair heights, weights, numbers produced, etc.

The book is broken down into Armor, light Armor, Infantry Combat Vehicles, Mechanized Artilley and Air Defense Artillery.

Although many of the vehicles in this book have been retired, many still soldier on in our Army or others. I definately recommend this book to all armor enthusiasts.