Contents
1 The Heaviness of an Age
PART ONE IT WAS AN ACTUAL FACT
2 A Monster is Evolved
3 Big Joke
4 Breaking the Line (The War Artist’s Dilemma)
5 Raising the Heavy Branch at Bermicourt
6 Banking on the Tank
7 Moral Victory
PART TWO IN THE CHURCH OF MECHANIZATION
8 Bringing it All Back Home
9 The Prophet’s Creed
10 The Secret Imprint of the Great Beast
11 The Mission Overseas
PART THREE BLITZKRIEG
12 The Lancer and the Panzer
13 Through Sixty Years of Mist
14 Into Russia with Curzio Malaparte
15 The Tiger and the Mouse
16 Tributes: a Flag for Europe and the True Birth of Punk
PART FOUR THE COMING OF THE MERKAVA
17 The Steeling of Zion
18 Jewish Blitzkrieg?
PART FIVE AFTER THE COLD WAR
19 Conversion: Pink Tank and Poliscar
20 Fort Knox: Cybertanks and the Army After Next