Steel Tigers: The 77th Armor Regiment 1940 - 1992:

by Donald L. Cummings

Overview

The Steel Tigers is a history of the 77th Armor Regiment that was created as an independent tank battalion in 1940 that would be assigned to US Army infantry divisions during World War II, the Cold War with the Warsaw Pact, Korea, Vietnam, the former Yugoslavia and the Middle East. This volume begins during buildup before Pearl Harbor and ends when the Warsaw Pact broke apart in 1992. Using national security and strategy from the White House through the military chain of command down to the individual unit level, the story of the Steel Tigers is a snapshot of one Army battalion's role in the history of the United States at home and abroad for most of the 20th Century.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798331432454
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	07/15/2024
Pages:	350
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.73(d)

About the Author

Donald L. Cummings served as the intelligence officer and a tank company commander in the 1st Battalion 77th Armor during its deployment to South Vietnam in 1968. His extensive military career includes service in South Korea and West Germany and numerous assignments in the United States. He has worked as a senior analyst in the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Africa Branch, focusing on former French and Portuguese colonies and Ethiopia. After retiring from active duty, Cummings joined a major defense contractor and was an adjunct faculty member at George Mason University. He holds an MA and a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a BA from The Virginia Military Institute. His academic and professional experiences make him uniquely qualified to write about the 77th Armor Regiment.