Armoured Warfare in the British Army 1945–2020
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Armoured Warfare in the British Army 1945–2020

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Armoured Warfare in the British Army 1945–2020

About this book

In this, the third volume in his comprehensive, highly illustrated three-volume history of the evolution of armored maneuver warfare in the British army, Dick Taylor covers the post-war period, up to the present day. He explains how the Royal armored Corps contracted rapidly after 1945, then faced the twin challenges of National Service and heavy involvement in numerous wars and campaigns around the globe. He recounts how the RAC became a fully-professional organization by the early 1960s, and continues the tale of disbandments, down-sizing and amalgamations. In a narrative which is as much a social history as an operational one, the vivid personal accounts of soldiers feature heavily throughout. The story of the Cold War in Germany (BAOR) is told. Then, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the book describes the role British armor played in conflicts in the Gulf, the Balkans and Afghanistan. Dick Taylor's thoroughgoing account concludes with an assessment of the RAC in 2021 in the immediate aftermath of another defense review.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements and Thanks
  6. Abbreviations and Terminology
  7. Introduction
  8. Chapter 1: Reforming the Peacetime Army
  9. Chapter 2: BAOR
  10. Chapter 3: RAC Development Part One
  11. Chapter 4: Operations Part One
  12. Chapter 5: The Professionals
  13. Chapter 6: Operations Part Two
  14. Chapter 7: RAC Development Part Two
  15. Chapter 8: The End of the Cold War and Unexpected Commitments, 1989–2003
  16. Chapter 9: Further Unexpected Commitments, 2003–14
  17. Chapter 10: Returning to Normality? 2010–22
  18. In Conclusion
  19. Notes
  20. Bibliography and Sources
  21. Plates