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The Tank Debate: Armour and the Anglo-American Military Tradition

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I consider myself really lucky for being able to find an excellent book like this. Mr John Stone, a lecturer in the Department of War Studies King's College London, presents an informative overview of the history of western tanks with an emphasis on the post World War II developments and builds in a very convincing way his main argument: modern main battle tanks have become extremely heavy and complex and although they may continue to prevail for some time in the race against anti-tank weapons, their demise is almost sure given the logistic burden they represent and their design philosophy of attritional warfare instead of fluid operations. The technical data provided are very interesting and exciting and the description of the current operational art and the role of modern main battle tanks in it is presented in a masterful way.