By: Michael Green
Hardcover Edition
February 2008


These are the harrowing firsthand accounts of armored combat, from the days of the centurys first tanks to the latest encounter on the streets of Baghdad: the still-vivid impressions of those who fought in no-mans land during World War I; the stories of green American tankers taking on German Tigers or fighting through a sea of Red Chinese soldiers in Korea. From the American boys who faced the Viet Cong to the soldiers fighting in Iraq, these are the heroes of our time, taking that rare moment to tell us what it is like to confront the enemy in tank warfare.

From the Inside Flap:
War Stories of the Tankers is filled with harrowing firsthand accounts of armored combat, tales of brave young men from the mud and trenches of no-man's land during World War I, when a thirty-two year old army officer named George Patton gained his first experience with tanks, to today's gritty fighting in the streets of Baghdad. In between those two eras are stories of green American tankers taking on massive, heavily armored German Tiger tanks in World War II and fighting through a sea of Red Chinese soldiers trying to overrun their tanks during the Korean War. From the American tankers of the Cold War who defended Western Europe from the threat of Soviet Army tanks to those who fought the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army in the jungles of Southeast Asia, these are the heroes of our time, taking that rare moment to tell us what it's like to face the enemy in tank warfare.

Modern American armor in combat is also well represented with war stories from the first Gulf War providing a remarkable contrast to those from the invasion and occupation of Iraq. The reality of contemporary warfare presents the American tanker in his mighty M1 Abrams main battle tank little chance of engaging enemy armor in classic fast-moving battles of fire and maneuver. Still, the tankers find fresh challenges in the streets of Baghdad and other Iraqi towns and villages as they play their part in defeating an elusive enemy.