Book Reviews

WHAT THE CRITICS SAY ABOUT

THE TANKS AT FLERS

Journal of the Royal United Services Institute: A superb work…..the definitive history of the first tank action, rendering obsolete all previous accounts.

British Army Review: This is a production of the highest quality and represents outstanding value for money.

Military History (USA): The Tanks at Flers is an important addition to the library of any serious student of armored warfare.

The Literary Review: The author's industry and command of detail leave one gasping.

Stand To! (Journal of the Western Front Association): A masterpiece….a unique and definitive record….a handsome production, attractively set out on high quality paper, very easy to read and exceptionally well written….Even if you are deciding never to buy another book on the Great War, make sure you get this one first.

Armor (Journal of the U.S. Army's armoured forces): Pidgeon's work is the most complete and comprehensive account of the tank's battlefield debut yet published….It is superbly illustrated with photographs and drawings from the period….A unique account of a long ignored aspect of the First World War.

The Daily Telegraph: Quality. It is the quality that comes of devotion, unstinted effort to suit the presentation to the subject….[The maps] are nowadays almost unthinkable treasure.

Armour Bulletin (Canada): A very rich reading experience [and] a valuable addition to any unit or personal library….This book gives an excellent understanding of combat in the First World War….The Tanks at Flers is highly recommended.

Soldier (magazine of the British Army): A superb production.

The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal: Pidgeon has produced a work of loving scholarship….He has not merely recorded the battle, he has recorded the movement of single tanks, having mined the archives to find RFC photographs in order to follow individual tank tracks. His present-day aerial photographs, all in colour, with battle detail superimposed, give a real feel for the ground 80 years ago.

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