The book, The Tank Story, follows the historical evolution of the tank from the early beginnings, through the development of the "Little Willie" and "Big Willie" tanks of World War I, through the French Scheider and St. Chamond to the fast, heavy tanks of World War II including the American Shermans, British Matildas, German Tigers and Russian T-34s.  The major sections of this book include the following: 1) The Tank Story - An Introduction; 2) The French Tank Force of the First World War; 3) Tank Developments up to 1918; 4) The Armoured Heritage: the Last Tanks of the War; 5) 1939: Armoured Balance; 6) The Panzer Problem; 7) Balance of Armour: The Build-up for D-Day; 8) Tank Firepower and 9) Self-Propelled Guns of the Eastern Front.  In addition to an informative text, this book includes the following features: 1) Approximately 29 vintage black and white photographs; 2) 21 color photographs; 3) 17 black and white illustrations; 4) About 34 color illustrations; 5) One page of 10 tank silhouettes including vehicle specifications; 6) 2 multi-view color tank illustrations including vehicle specifications; 7) 2 single view color tank cut-away drawings with descriptions and 8) Approximately 31 single view color illustrations with vehicle specifications.  This book is 64 pages and is in very good plus condition.  The editor is Andrew Kershaw.  Edition published in 1973.