Tank battles of the Cold War, 1948-1991 / Anthony Tucker-Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker-Jones, Anthony, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cold War.

Tank warfare--History--20th century.

Tank warfare.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 233 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire ; Havertown, PA : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Tanks in Indo-China

The First Indo-China War, 1946-1954

2. Beg, Steal or Borrow

The First Arab-Israeli War, 1948

3. Dangerous War Surplus

The Korean War, 1950-1953

4. Jungle Cavalry

The Vietnam War, 1955-1968

5. Operation Kadesh

The Suez Crisis, 1956

6. Six Days to Victory

The Arab-Israeli War, 1967

7. Doc Lap Palace

The Vietnam War, 1968-1975

8. Confusing Enemies

The Indo-Pakistan War, 1971

9. Clash of the Titans

The Yom Kippur War, 1973

10. Armour in the Horn

The Ethiopian Civil War, 1974-1991

11. The Struggle for Mavinga

The Angolan Civil War, 1975-2002

12. Tanks vs Toyotas

The Chadian-Libyan War, 1978-1987

13. The Hard Way

The Soviet-Afghan War, 1979-1989

14. Middle Eastern Blitzkrieg

The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988

15. Beirut and Back

The Arab-Israeli War, 1982

16. Uncle Sam's Final Showdown

The Gulf War, 1990-1991

17. A Messy Balkan Divorce

The Break-up of Yugoslavia, 1990-1991

18. No Strings Attached

Soviet Armoured Exports, 1948-1991

19. Goodbye Tank: End of Days

Appendices

I. Cold War Armoured Units

II. Chinese Cold War Tracked Armour

III. Soviet Cold War Tracked Armour

IV. Soviet Cold War Wheeled Armour

V. Warsaw Pact Cold War Tracked Armour

VI. Non-Warsaw Pact Cold War Tracked Armour

VII. Soviet Cold War Anti-Tank Missiles.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781526778017

1526778017

OCLC:

1242822732