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Tank

Patrick Wright

2000499 pagesabout 8–11 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Faber and Faber · 499 pages · ENGISBN 9780571192595
  • 2003Penguin (Non-Classics) · 512 pages · ENGISBN 9780142001912
  • 2003Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9780613920087
  • 2002Viking Adult · 512 pages · ENGISBN 9780670030705

A look at the war machine that has dominated military theory and practice throughout the twentieth century explores the tank as a cultural and social object, revealing how the tank became the symbol of technological futurism and inevitable progress, as well as of totalitarian oppression.

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