On Armor

by Bruce I. Gudmundsson

Book Overview

On Armor tells three important and interconnected stories. The first is a tale of a technology, in particular, the rise and fall of the main battle tank--a type of armored vehicle that came to dominate land warfare in the middle of the 20th century but is now obsolete. The second is a history of ideas. The problem that armored vehicles created for 20th-century armies was as much about concepts of operation as it was about technology. Those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275950204
• ISBN13: 9780275950200
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"