Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Foreword IX
4. Acknowledgments XIII
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 Cavalry and Mechanization, 1918-1930 5
7. 2 North American Tank Forces 23
8. 3 Creating a North American Armored Force: The European Influence 41
9. 4 Armor's Genesis in North America: The United States and Canada Create Armored Forces 67
10. 5 Creating North American Panzer Armies: Lessons from Europe and Africa 83
11. 6 Allied Strategic Offensives in Normandy: Operation Goodwood 107
12. 7 Operation Spring, 25 July 1944: The Other Cobra 125
13. 8 Operation Cobra: Bradley Acquires Operational Maneuver 147
14. 9 Breaking Out: Operation Totalize, 8 August 1944 163
15. 10 Strategic Breakout: Operation Tractable 185
16. 11 Armor in Its "Proper Role": The Pursuit Doctrine 203
17. 12 Patton's Lieutenants in Lorraine: A Maturation of Maneuver Warfare 221
18. 13 "Who Killed Tiger?": The Great Tank Scandal 255
19. 14 Stavka in Normandy 285
20. 15 Conclusion: The Allied Operational Art 313
21. Appendix A: Allied Tanks of World War I 331
22. Appendix B: Allied Armored Formations, ETO 333
23. Appendix C: The M4 Sherman Tank 335
24. Appendix D: Armored Corps Casualties 337
25. Appendix E: Sample of Allied Tank Casualties by Theater 339
26. Appendix F: Tiger Versus Allied Armor: Penetration Tables 341
27. Appendix G: Analysis of Allied Tank Casualties in Normandy, 6 June—10 July 343
28. Selected Bibliography 345
29. Index 350
30. About the Book 362