"...the book gives a lot of background information on the use of tanks since the Second World War, and should be of interest to many."

IPMS Magazine - Issue 5: 2023

This book, then, is a notable introduction to tanks in the Cold War for various reasons and highly recommended.

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Beating Tsundoku

In 18 chapters he provides some very concise and readable summaries of various smaller wars, some better known than others I'd suggest. In each one he focuses on the involvement of the tanks and armoured units, and their impact on the assorted scenarios. They include Indo-China, Korea, the various Arab-Israeli wars, Vietnam, and the Gulf War to mention a few, along with less well remembered fights, such as in Angola, Ethiopia, Libya, the Suez Crisis, the Soviets in Afghanistan and more. Left over designs from WW2 such as the T-34/85 were involved, along with the P-54/55 and many more. The whole thing is rounded off with a summary to consider if the era of the MBT has actually passed on by. There are many different aspects to the use of tanks, well illustrated in these assorted chapters, in open desert terrain, in towns/cities etc, along with which countries can not only manufacture/sell them, but what are the costs involved and how well trained are their crews. The final element of the book are a series of 7 appendices which hold much more information about the tanks and other vehicles that are featured.

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Military Model Scene

When one thinks about tank battles, one automatically thinks of the Second World War. In this excellent book, Anthony Tucker-Jones reminds us that, in reality, there never was a cold war, but simply a period after WW2 when things slowed down a bit whilst there were still armed conflicts going on in the Middle East and elsewhere. Brilliantly illustrated.

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