![]() Opinion had been divided between the proponents of the tank. Editing gone wrong, I suspect? Regardless it is a great book and a fantastic intro to the complexities of British WWII tank development. Before the start of the Second World War, British armoured doctrine was in a terrible muddle. It's written like a caption about the Bishop but I can't relate it to any images or previous text. The most annoying thing is a random paragraph at page 136 sandwiched between paragraphs about controls. The tables do help to clarify though so this is a saving grace. My preference would've been to have sequential Sections in timeline order for each upgrade or new model (with a heading highlighting each model). I had to read it three times to get it in my head a development timeline of the tank. The chapter about the Valentine is a little disjointed (this is not written by Fletcher). There are some minor disappointments: two grammatical errors missed by proof reading (at the top of my head I can't remember what pages these were in but stood out immediately when reading). David Fletcher's writing style is easy to understand and entertaining. ![]() A great book for a broad history of British WWII tanks. The British gave the world the tank in World War 1 - only fitting for the nation to remain at the forefront of modern tank design today.
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