On Contested Shores The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare

• Other Authors: Heck, Timothy (Editor), Friedman, B. A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Quantico, VA Marine Corps University Press (MCUP) 2020
• Subjects: Theory of warfare & military science; military; warfare; amphibious operations
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Perhaps no prediction has been as consistently made-and as consistently wrong-as the imminent death of amphibious operations. Whatever the changes in warfare and technology, the necessity of amphibious force projection endures, long outliving those who claim its time has passed. Changes in how amphi...