Pershing's tankers : personal accounts of the AEF Tank Corps in World War I / edited by Lawrence M. Kaplan ; foreword by Dale E. Wilson.

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TextSeries: AUSA Institute of Land Warfare bookPublisher: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 290 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780813176055
0813176050
9780813176062
0813176069

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Pershing's tankers.DDC classification:

940.4/1273 23

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D570.9 .P44 2018

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Contents:

Front cover; Copyright page; Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; Editor's Introduction; I Historical Summary of US Army Tank Corps Operations; II Tank Corps Senior Leader Commentary; III Official Tank Corps Personal-Experience Reports; PHOTOGRAPHS; IV Unofficial Personal Accounts; V Unofficial Tank Corps Operational Summaries; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Appendix D; Appendix E; Appendix F; Appendix G; Appendix H; Appendix I; Notes; Index

Summary: "In Pershing's Tankers, Lawrence M. Kaplan compiles 47 official personal experience reports, 27 unofficial accounts, and six letters written by George Patton to his family to provide insight into the human dimension of US tank operations in World War I. These narratives vary in size, scope and depth, and cover a range of topics, including the organizing, training, combat operations, and equipping of the Tank Corps. Kaplan offers accounts from a broad cross-section of men from senior leaders down to the platoon level"-- Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In Pershing's Tankers, Lawrence M. Kaplan compiles 47 official personal experience reports, 27 unofficial accounts, and six letters written by George Patton to his family to provide insight into the human dimension of US tank operations in World War I. These narratives vary in size, scope and depth, and cover a range of topics, including the organizing, training, combat operations, and equipping of the Tank Corps. Kaplan offers accounts from a broad cross-section of men from senior leaders down to the platoon level"-- Provided by publisher

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