John Stone 
Tank Debate [PDF ebook] 
Armour and the Anglo-American Military Tradition

In The Tank Debate, John Stone highlights the equivocal position that armour has traditionally occupied in Anglo-American thought, and explains why — despite frequent predictions to the contrary — the tank has remained an important instrument of war. This book provides a timely and provocative study of the tank’s developmental history, against the changing background of Anglo-American military thought.