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Amphibious Warfare

Ian Speller
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      Landing on a hostile beach is one of the most ancient forms and still most difficult forms of warfare. It requires unparalleled levels of planning, organisation, coordination and cooperation between the services. After the disasters of Gallipoli and Zeebrugge in the World War I, amphibious operations reached their maturity in World War II, and were essential in the defeat of Japan, while the D-Day landings signaled the beginning of the end for Hitler. Since 1945, myriad expeditionary naval forces have set off for a wide range of destinations, including Korea, Vietnam, the Falkland Islands, Grenada, the Balkans and Iraq in 2003. In the post-Cold War era, amphibious warfare has reached new heights of importance in its ability to intervene rapidly in crisis situations. Rather than following a narrative history, Amphibious Warfare takes the unique approach of building up the different stages of an amphibious campaign chapter by chapter, illustrating each with case studies. From planning and preparation to reaching landing zones, from beachhead consolidation to securing a target, Amphibious Warfare offers the complete picture of the people, strategy and tactics, ships and landing craft, tanks and aircraft, as well as the assaults involved. Illustrated with more than 150 photographs and including a colour plate section of more than 40 artworks, Amphibious Warfare is the complete guide to a form of conflict of increasing relevance to the modern world.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Ian Speller EAN: 9781782741404 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 251 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Amber Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-04-25 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Naval, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval WIDTH: 189 cm SPINE:

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      World, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theory of warfare and military science, Naval forces and warfare, Military history

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      Dr Ian Speller is a senior lecturer and Director of the Centre for Military History and Strategic Studies in the Department of History at NUI Maynooth. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King’s College, London. Dr Christopher Tuck is a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department. He has previously been a Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and a Research Intern at Saferworld, a foreign policy lobbying group. He has been at Staff College since 1997. He has an MSc Econ in Strategic Studies from the University of Aberystwyth and a PhD from Reading University. His current research consists of two book projects: one on British strategy during the Confrontation with Indonesia; the other on land warfare since 1900.
      Landing on a hostile beach is one of the most ancient forms and still most difficult forms of warfare. It requires unparalleled levels of planning, organisation, coordination and cooperation between the services. After the disasters of Gallipoli and Zeebrugge in the World War I, amphibious operations reached their maturity in World War II, and were essential in the defeat of Japan, while the D-Day landings signaled the beginning of the end for Hitler. Since 1945, myriad expeditionary naval forces have set off for a wide range of destinations, including Korea, Vietnam, the Falkland Islands, Grenada, the Balkans and Iraq in 2003. In the post-Cold War era, amphibious warfare has reached new heights of importance in its ability to intervene rapidly in crisis situations. Rather than following a narrative history, Amphibious Warfare takes the unique approach of building up the different stages of an amphibious campaign chapter by chapter, illustrating each with case studies. From planning and preparation to reaching landing zones, from beachhead consolidation to securing a target, Amphibious Warfare offers the complete picture of the people, strategy and tactics, ships and landing craft, tanks and aircraft, as well as the assaults involved. Illustrated with more than 150 photographs and including a colour plate section of more than 40 artworks, Amphibious Warfare is the complete guide to a form of conflict of increasing relevance to the modern world.
      Format: Hardback CONTRIBUTORS: Ian Speller EAN: 9781782741404 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 251 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Amber Books Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2014-04-25 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Naval, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Marine & Naval WIDTH: 189 cm SPINE:

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      World, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Theory of warfare and military science, Naval forces and warfare, Military history

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      Dr Ian Speller is a senior lecturer and Director of the Centre for Military History and Strategic Studies in the Department of History at NUI Maynooth. Prior to this he was a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department at King’s College, London. Dr Christopher Tuck is a Senior Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department. He has previously been a Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and a Research Intern at Saferworld, a foreign policy lobbying group. He has been at Staff College since 1997. He has an MSc Econ in Strategic Studies from the University of Aberystwyth and a PhD from Reading University. His current research consists of two book projects: one on British strategy during the Confrontation with Indonesia; the other on land warfare since 1900.

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