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Kurdish armour against ISIS : YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014-2019 (2021)
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Nash, E., & Searle, D. (2021). Kurdish armour against ISIS : YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014-2019. Oxford: Osprey

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadists of the Islamic State against the improvised Kurdish force, the YPG (later the SDF). While some Kurdish vehicles originated from Syrian Army... Read More about Kurdish armour against ISIS : YPG/SDF tanks, technicals and AFVs in the Syrian Civil War, 2014-2019.

Armoured warfare : a military, political and global history (2017)
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Searle, D. (2017). Armoured warfare : a military, political and global history. London: Bloomsbury Academic

This book charts the history of armoured warfare from the first use of the tank in 1916 right through to the 21st century, adopting military, political and global perspectives. Alaric Searle explores the origins of the tank, its role in the First Wor... Read More about Armoured warfare : a military, political and global history.

The military papers and correspondence of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, 1916-1933 (2017)
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Searle, D. (2017). D. Searle (Ed.), The military papers and correspondence of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, 1916-1933. Stroud: The History Press

The contribution of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller to military thought cannot be understood without studying his military career closely from December 1916, with his transfer to the Heavy Branch, Machine-Gun Corps, to his retirement in December 1933. Wh... Read More about The military papers and correspondence of Major-General J.F.C. Fuller, 1916-1933.

Genesis, employment, aftermath : First World War tanks and the New Warfare, 1900-1945 (2015)
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(2015). D. Searle (Ed.), Genesis, employment, aftermath : First World War tanks and the New Warfare, 1900-1945. Solihull: Helion

The employment of the first tanks by the British Army on the Western Front in September 1916, although symbolic rather than decisive in its effects, ushered in a new form of warfare - tank warfare. While much has been written on the history of the ta... Read More about Genesis, employment, aftermath : First World War tanks and the New Warfare, 1900-1945.

Wehrmacht generals, West German society and the debate on rearmament, 1949-1959 (2003)
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Searle, D. (2003). Wehrmacht generals, West German society and the debate on rearmament, 1949-1959. California, USA: Praeger Publishers

Examining the fate of former German generals after the Second World War, this is one of the first books in English to utilize the extensive archival material now available on the West German rearmament debate. Focus is given to the role these general... Read More about Wehrmacht generals, West German society and the debate on rearmament, 1949-1959.

An Anglo-German dialogue : the Munich lectures on the history of international relations (2000)
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(2000). A. Birke, M. Brechtken, & D. Searle (Eds.), An Anglo-German dialogue : the Munich lectures on the history of international relations. Munich: K. G. Saur

"An Anglo-German Dialogue" presents fifteen essays by leading British acadmics on various aspects of British foreign policy and Anglo-German relations from 1848 to the present day. The title of the volume reflects the fact that all these essays were... Read More about An Anglo-German dialogue : the Munich lectures on the history of international relations.