Richard Simpkin


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Brigadier Richard Evelyn Simpkin MC (1921–1986) was a British Army officer.

Bibliography (incomplete)

  • Antitank: An Airmechanized Response to Armored Threats in the 90s. Oxford: Brassey's, 1982. .
  • (In association with John Erickson), Deep Battle: The Brainchild of Marshal Tukhachevskii. London: Brassey's Defence, 1987. .
  • Broadmanship: A Guide to Safe Boating on the Norfolk Broads. Cartoons by Nicholas Walmsley, illustrations by Chas Emerson. London: Barrie and Jenkins, Bayard Books, 1976. .
  • The Cruising Yachtsman's Navigator. Illustrated by John Bradley. London: S. Paul, 1978. , .
  • Human Factors in Mechanized Warfare. Oxford: Brassey's Publishers, 1983. .
  • Race to the Swift: Thoughts on Twenty-first Century Warfare. Foreword by Donn A. Starry. London: Brassey's Defence, 1985. .
  • Red Armour: An Examination of the Soviet Mobile Force Concept. Oxford: Brassey's Defence, 1984. .
  • Seamanship for the Cruising Yachtsman. London: Paul, 1979. .
  • Tank Warfare: An Analysis of Soviet and NATO Tank Philosophy. With a foreword by Robert W. Komer and an introduction by F. M. von Senger und Etterlin. London: Brassey's Publishers, 1979. , .

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