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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Jeremy Black

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Jeremy Black
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2017
• EAN: 9781442276925
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7692-5
• No. of pages: 262
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 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