Tank Men
The Human Story of Tanks at War

I am seeing a lot of 4 and 5 stars, praising how much the book is a marvel and excellent read and how the author has put a lot of effort into it and how true it is... and I feel that maybe I missed something. The book fails at its title, it isn't the human story of tanks at war but British and German......more

Tank Men is a book damned by the information age and the proliferation of detailed research pieces. It reads well but is patchy in its coverage, as Kershaw clearly worked with what English language sources were available to hand. It also unjustifiably excludes other tracked vehicles such as tank des......more

Great story, the perspective from all sides and all minds is moving. As the title entails, the human side to the story, remarkably written in a very captive way that has you wanting to know more and more at the turn of each page. At first I found it difficult to enjoy but a couple of chapters in I c......more

A really good oral history of early tanks and, yes, tank men - so good, even the spelling errors didn't spoil the reading pleasure for me (and there's plenty of those, so, be warned).......more

From the perspective of the PBI (‘the poor bloody infantry’) the tank men in their apparently invulnerable behemoths must seem like they have it made. All right, not as good as the fly boys, who spend a couple of hours swanning around in the air and then get to go home for a decent meal and good nig......more