Combined Operations - A Global History of Amphibious and Airborne Warfare

This book provides the first broad history of the evolution of combined operations since antiquity. Jeremy Black provides a balanced assessment of strategic, operational, and technical developments over time, considering both the potential and the limitations of amphibious and airborne warfare—past, present, and future.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Combined Operations to 1500
Chapter 2: The Early Modern Period, 1500-1700
Chapter 3: The Eighteenth Century, 1700-1775
Chapter 4: The American Revolution and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1775-1815
Chapter 5: The Nineteenth Century, 1815-1914
Chapter 6: The First World War, 1914-18
Chapter 7: The Interwar Period, 1918-39
Chapter 8: The Second World War, I, 1939-42
Chapter 9: The Second World War, II, 1942-45
Chapter 10: The Cold War, 1945-90
Chapter 11: Since 1990
Chapter 12: Conclusions
Notes
Selected Further Reading
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

By Jeremy Black

Zusammenfassung

This book provides the first broad history of the evolution of combined operations since antiquity. Jeremy Black provides a balanced assessment of strategic, operational, and technical developments over time, considering both the potential and the limitations of amphibious and airborne warfare-past, present, and future.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jeremy Black
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 15.09.2017
• EAN: 9781442276925
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7692-5
• Seiten: 262
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Allgemeines, Lexika; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; HISTORY / World, military history, HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Military / United States, General & world history, General and world history, War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Military / Aviation & Space, aviation;military history;naval warfare