Description
| Product ID: | 9780333773482 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | St Antony's Series |
| Title: | British Armour Theory and the Rise of the Panzer Arm |
| Subtitle: | Revising the Revisionists |
| Authors: | Author: A. Gat |
| Page Count: | 125 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, Military history, Second World War, International relations, Warfare and defence, Military history, Second World War, International relations, Warfare & defence |
| Description: | Utilizing hitherto untapped archival sources, Azar Gat overturns recent historiographical trends in the study of British and German armour developments between the two World Wars. In this meticulously researched book, Azar Gat overturns recent historiographical trends in the study of British and German armour developments between the two world wars. He dispels some of the serious allegations levelled against leading British armour theorist B.H. Liddell Hart, placing his ideas in their proper relation to those of other leading British theorists and to the practice of British armour formations during that period. Again reversing recent revisionist literature, Professor Gat then shows how decisively the creators of the German Panzer arm were influenced by British theory and practice. Utilizing hitherto untapped German sources, he traces the ideas and dynamics that made possible Germany''s Blitzkrieg victories in the opening stage of World War II. |
| Imprint Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publisher Name: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-01-06 |
