Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Genesis
2. Tanks, visionaries and officialdom: June 1915?November 1916
3. The Road to Cambrai
4. Cambrai to the German Spring Offensive: November 1917?June 1918
5. “Mechanical warfare” and victory
6. An era of experiment: 1919?31
7. Losing the lead: 1931?36
8. The approach of war: 1936?39
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

J. P. Harris is a Senior Lecturer in War Studies at the Royal Academy, Sandhurst and a Senior Research Fellow in the Institute for the Study of War and Society at De Montfort University.

Reviews

.,."a constantly interesting book." --"The Journal of Strategic Studies"
""Men, Ideas and Tanks" is a gripping and wholesome review of the stages of the development of the early combat tank ... The book is an interesting and thought-provoking review of why and how Britain gained and lost initiative in armoured warfare before the Second World War." --"The Journal of the United Service Institute of India"

..."a constantly interesting book." --"The Journal of Strategic Studies"
""Men, Ideas and Tanks" is a gripping and wholesome review of the stages of the development of the early combat tank ... The book is an interesting and thought-provoking review of why and how Britain gained and lost initiative in armoured warfare before the Second World War." --"The Journal of the United Service Institute of India"