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Title: The Illustrated Directory of Tanks of the World by David Miller ISBN: 0-7603-0892-6 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Historicial Index of Tanks
Comment: I think that this book is a great reference of all the tanks that have been produced from WWI to the present day. It shows all the techinal info and history of the tanks.
A great book for gear-heads and history buffs alike.
Rating: 3
Summary: Very good as detailed reference-- lacking in visuals\polish
Comment: First of all I was surprised at the ease of reading through this book. I am not a military buff and had purchased it to look up references in movies, videogames, and other books. Instead I ended up reading through it in its entirety. While it may seem exhausting and at first glance, it is quite interesting when read in small doses. The individual tank biographies are well written and full of information. I can't really comment on the historical accuracy, as I wouldn't know, but it is very detailed and seems to include almost everything you would want to know. It covers not only the basic stats on the vehicles but also goes into great detail with some fascinating developmental history and all the different variations. My major complaint with the book is the low quality of imagery and some layout issues. While some of the of the included photos, paintings, and drawings are good, quite a few have a very cheap feel to them as though they were low resolution scans from other books or the web. Some are very fuzzy, low-res JPEGS that have been stretched page wide, and others seem oddly chosen as they don't show much of the tanks themselves. While I realize many of the old tanks are difficult to find imagery for, even some of the new ones are poorly represented or at odd angles. Also some of the layout is confusing. Many of the images cross both pages, but with the deep binding crease (since the book is fairly thick) sometimes a quarter inch of the image is obscured and some of the text difficult to read. Even though it is a budget book, I think it could have benefited from a graphic design makeover and maybe a bit more polish (more standard\organized layouts for quick browsing, national flags above the vehicle, better laid out intro stats, and more precise imagery) like some of the similar (and under $10) books I have on military aircraft. Still if these kinds of thing don't bother you the reading itself is quite good and especially at the price.
Rating: 4
Summary: THE TITLE SAYS IT ALL
Comment: David Miller's "The Illustrated Directory of Tanks of the World" is a compact, easy-to-read, chronological guidebook to the weapon which has dominated land warfare since World War I. Featured are well over a hundred tanks of all nationalities with three times that many photographs and illustrations, and each tank is succintly described in terms of armament, armor, performance, and deployment history. All the major designs are here, including:
*M-4 Sherman, the American workhorse of WWII
*T-34, the innovative Russian trend-setter
*The awesome Tiger, the most infamous tank ever
*The mighty Merkava, Israel's contemporary "war chariot"
*Sweden's turretless S-tank, a bold but failed experiment
*England's dwarfish Scorpion, with a variant for every need
*America's M1 Abrams, which thanks to its dominant performances in the Middle East and its lethal "silver bullet" anti-tank shell now reigns as the world's pre-eminent AFV
*and dozens of other great and small vehicles from all over the globe and every major armored conflict.
Sadly, the book is marred by a number of typos and editorial misques. These are generally minor but nonetheless jarring, and do detract somewhat from the book's overall authoritativeness. Even so, this is a tremendous value considering the sheer volume of information jam-packed into its 480 pages. Mr. Miller is to be commended for the work which went into such a project, and his book is an easily recommended purchase for any fan of tank design or armored warfare.
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Title: The Encyclopedia of Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles: The Comprehensive Guide to over 900 Armored Fighting Vehicles from 1915 to the Present Day by Christopher F. Foss, Chris Foss, Will Fowler ISBN: 1571458069 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.98 |
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Title: The Illustrated Directory of Warships: From 1860 to the Present by David Miller ISBN: 0760311277 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns by David Miller ISBN: 0760315604 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Great Book of Tanks: The World's Most Important Tanks from World War I to the Present Day by David Miller, Chris Foss ISBN: 0760314756 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Illustrated Directory of Submarines of the World by David Miller ISBN: 0760313458 Publisher: Motorbooks International Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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