Somerset, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, 1995 Alan Sutton Publishing Limited, Somerset, UK. 1995. Hardcover. First published in the UK in 1995. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: VG+; NOT Price Clipped ( 25.00 GPS); light edge bumping; bumping to cover at head with small closed tear. Black cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on spine. 296 pp 4to. In this book, that author looks in detail at forty-two individual low-level battles spanning eighty years of armored warfare, ranging from the First and Second World Wars to Korea and Vietnam, the Arab-Israeli conflicts and the Gulf War. A comprehensive and carefully crafted evocation of life at the sharp end of tank warfare, as seen from the dramatic perspective of the tank crews themselves. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

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Bookseller: Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005409
Title: Tank Action; From the Great War to the Gulf
Author: George Forty
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st Edition
ISBN 10: 0750904798
ISBN 13: 9780750904797
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing Limited
Place of Publication: Somerset, UK
Date Published: 1995
Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Keywords: armored warfare, tanks, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Aiab-Israeli Wars, Gulf War, Royal Tank Regiment, tank warfare, Heavy Mk I tank, Challenger main battle tank, Sherman Tank, M3 General Lee Tank, M1A1 Abrams, German Tiger tank, Panzer Corp

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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.

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