Description: "I thought Tank Men was a triumph ... it is a really fine piece of work." --Richard Holmes
"Some of the eyewitness accounts Kershaw has collected for this comprehensive review of tank warfare have the power to chill the reader to the bone. This is warfare at the sharp end." --Nottingham Evening Post The First World War saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three generations: the tank. In Tank Men, ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease, and the fury of a tank battle through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in those fearsome machines. Drawing on vivid, newly researched personal testimony from the crucial battles of the First and Second World Wars, this is military history at its very best.Brief description: Matt Bates studied at the University of York before training at Drama Studio London. His numerous stage credits include Neville's Island, The Master Builder, and an all-male As You Like It, and he has performed as an actor/musician in theaters from Argentina to Uzbekistan. His film appearances include V for Vendetta and Bridget Jones's Diary.