Tank Command: How the Tank Changed the Face of Battle - Couverture souple

De Bretton-Gordon, Hamish

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1035437627 ISBN 13 : 9781035437627

Editeur : Tallis Street Books, 2026

Synopsis

Former tank commander Hamish de Bretton-Gordon OBE offers a unique and timely exploration of the evolution of the tank in collaboration with the Tank Museum.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon is a world-leading expert in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons. He served twenty-three years in the British Army, including service as Commanding Officer of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment, the UK CBRN Regiment and NATO's Rapid Reaction CBRN Battalion. His operational deployments included the First Gulf War, Cyprus, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, and he has been in Syria and Iraq frequently in the last ten years, setting up the CBRN Task Force in Syria and advising medical charities. This considerable experience in the field places Hamish as one of the world's foremost and most current experts in chemical, biological and nuclear counter terrorism and humanitarian operations.

Hamish is a commissioned reserve officer in the British Army's Staff Corp as senior advisor and mentor to the Ministry of Defence on CBRN. He is advising the Ukrainian government, NGOs and journalists ion CBRN defence.

Today, Hamish gives advice to UK and US government agencies and is a senior Ministry of Defence advisor on CBRN and Syria, is frequently seen on global news channels providing expert commentary, and writes for UK, Middle East and US news journals and newspapers. He was a Visiting Fellow at Magdalene College Cambridge in 2020-2022 and his memoir, Chemical Warrior, was published by Headline in 2021.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

In Tank Command, former Commanding Officer of the 1st Royal Tank Regiment Hamish de Bretton-Gordon offers a unique and timely exploration of the evolution of the tank, written in close collaboration with the world-renowned Tank Museum. From Britain's Mark IV at the Battle of Cambrai to the German Panzer in Blitzkrieg; the Soviet T-34 in the Battle of Kursk to the Challenger 2 in Ukraine, discover the characters who sat at the helm of these iron chariots, those who innovated the machine, and why it remains critical to success in battle even in today's era of drones and cyber warfare.

With thousands of hours commanding Chieftains, Challenger 1 and Challenger 2 tanks, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon is the leading authority on the subject.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tallis Street Books
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1035437627
• ISBN 13: 9781035437627
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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