Research Catalog

Title

Deborah and the war of the tanks / John A. Taylor.

Author

Taylor, John A.

Publication

• Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2016.
• ©2016

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

xv, 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Subjects

• World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France > Cambrai
• Tanks (Military science) > Great Britain > History > 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918 > Tank warfare

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-298) and index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: pt. I INTO THE SALIENT -- ch. 1 A Vision of the World's End -- ch. 2 Temporary Gentlemen -- ch. 3 A Very Fine Lot Indeed -- ch. 4 Dracula's Fate -- ch. 5 Of Knaves and Jokers -- ch. 6 The Sword of Deborah -- ch. 7 In Honour Bound -- pt. II THE BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE -- ch. 8 Ray of Sunshine -- ch. 9 Crossing the Canal -- ch. 10 Into the Pillar of Fire -- ch. 11 Deborah, the Dead Man and the Drummer -- ch. 12 Failure is an Orphan -- ch. 13 The Dead Never Stirred -- ch. 14 The Bogs of Passchendaele -- pt. III GATHERING FORCES -- ch. 15 The Coming of Frank Heap -- ch. 16 Heap's Progress -- ch. 17 `The Best Company of the Best Battalion' -- ch. 18 Redundant Oddments -- ch. 19 Out of the Salient -- ch. 20 High Days and Highlanders -- pt. IV THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI -- ch. 21 Into Hiding -- ch. 22 On the Silent Front -- ch. 23 `Things Fall Apart' -- ch. 24 To Shake Mightily the Earth -- ch. 25 `Now For It!' -- ch. 26 Till the Last Man -- pt. V BEYOND THE GRAND RAVINE -- ch. 27 A Mountain to Climb -- ch. 28 The Crack of Doom -- ch. 29 Into the Hurricane -- ch. 30 Green Fields Beyond -- ch. 31 Like a Boar at Bay -- ch. 32 A Bitter Evening -- ch. 33 The Chance Was Gone -- pt. VI ACROSS THE THRESHOLD -- ch. 34 Sticking to their Guns -- ch. 35 `The Fates Fought Against Us' -- ch. 36 A Peaceful, Unexceptional Place -- ch. 37 Varied Fortunes -- ch. 38 Rosemary for Remembrance -- ch. 39 Weapon of Friendship.

ISBN

• 1473848342
• 9781473848344

OCLC

• ocn968253525
• 968253525
• SCSB-1866430

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library