Tank

Punchy. Trenchant. Heavyweight. Mark Urban’s Tank blows the doors off, just as you’d expect from such an accomplished author. Take cover!

Punchy. Trenchant. Heavyweight. Mark Urban’s Tank blows the doors off, just as you’d expect from such an accomplished author. Take cover!

Tank takes the reader deep into the heart of armoured shock action on the battlefield with all its horror and drama

A really accomplished blending of technology, tactics and politics, and it couldn’t be more relevant as we experience new phases of conflict . . . an engaging read

Mark Urban brings his signature flair and vivid storytelling to Tank . . . essential reading for all students of war

An illuminating and exciting drive through the mud and blood of twentieth-century warfare . . . With his customary panache, Mark Urban demonstrates convincingly that tanks have been not merely armoured horses, but the key to enabling armies to manoeuvre through contested battle space

Mark Urban is a writer and columnist for the Sunday Times , specialising in defence and foreign affairs. Until 2024, he was the Diplomatic Editor of BBC's Newsnight programme. He formerly served in the British Army, both in the Royal Tank Regiment and in the Territorial Army. He is the author of several books, including Red Devils, Task Force Black (his deep-dive look at the SAS in the Iraq War, which was a Sunday Times number one bestseller) and The Skripal Files , a Sunday Times Best Politics Book of 2018.