The Tank Museum,Robin Cross,David Willey: Tanks: 100 Years of Armoured Warfare

Tanks: 100 Years of Armoured Warfare


Description

On 15 September 1916 a new weapon entered the military arsenals at a small engagement on the Somme. The first tank, the British Mark I, was cumbersome, unreliable and slow, but the impact on the morale of the German troops was salutary. Whatever its initial technical shortcomings, the tank incarnated the mechanisation and industrialisation of warfare and helped to break the stalemate of the First World War. It brought together firepower, protection and mobility to become a key component of modern warfare. Published in association with The Tank Museum, this authoritative book charts the tank's first century, from the early stumbling attempts at developing an all-terrain armoured vehicle to the lethal killing machines of the twenty-first century. It features rare removable facsimile documents from the museum's archive, including diary entries, blueprints, instruction manuals and handbooks. Major technical developments and types are covered from the Mark IV, the German Panzer, the Russian T-26 and the American Grants and Shermans. The most famous tank battles are described, from Flers-Courcelette in 1916 to Kursk in 1943, the First Gulf War and the performance of tanks in the Russo-Georgian War of 2008.

Other memorable orations include Powhatan's "Why should you destroy us, who have provided you with food?" (1609); Red Jacket's "We like our religion, and do not want another" (1811); Osceola's "I love my home, and will not go from it" (1834); Red Cloud's "The Great Spirit made us both" (1870); Chief Joseph's "I will fight no more forever" (1877); Sitting Bull's "The life my people want is a life of freedom" (1882); and many more. Other notable speakers represented here include Tecumseh, Seattle, Geronimo, and Crazy Horse, as well as many lesser-known leaders. THE INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS DOCUMENTED IN LAURA POITRAS'S CITIZENFOUR Glenn Greenwald's No Place to Hide is the story of one of the greatest national security leaks in US history. In June 2013, reporter and political commentator Glenn Greenwald published a series of reports in the Guardian which rocked the world. The reports revealed shocking truths about the extent to which the National Security Agency had been gathering information about US citizens and intercepting communication worldwide, and were based on documents leaked by former National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden to Greenwald. Including new revelations from documents entrusted to Greenwald by Snowden, this essential book tells the story of Snowden and the NSA and examines the far-reaching consequences of the government's surveillance program, both in the US and abroad. 'The first thing I Tanks: 100 Years of Armoured Warfare free epub do when I turn on the computer in the morning is go to Glenn Greenwald's blog.


____________________________
Author: The Tank Museum,Robin Cross,David Willey
Number of Pages: 132 pages
Published Date: 04 Oct 2016
Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Publication Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN: 9780233004952
Download Link: Click Here
____________________________

Tags:

for mac, facebook, iPad, pocket, iOS, epub download, free pdf, download book,download ebook Tanks: 100 Years of Armoured Warfare by The Tank Museum,Robin Cross,David Willey pocket,download ebook, rarfor mac, mobi, free ebook, download pdf, zip, The Tank Museum,Robin Cross,David Willey ebook,book review, for PC, download torrent, ebook pdf, Read online, ebook, fb2, iPhone, paperback,Tanks: 100 Years of Armoured Warfare iPad,kindle,download epub,