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Amphibious Warfare: Strategy and Tactics

Christopher Tuck

Ian Speller

Rather than following a narrative history, Amphibious Warfare: Strategy & Tactics 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... Read moreRead less

Rather than following a narrative history, Amphibious Warfare: Strategy & Tactics 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 16-page 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: 285 x 213mm
Extent: 176pp
Word count: 60,000
Illustrations: 150 b/w photos, 20 b/w a/ws

Ian Speller

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.

Christopher Tuck

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.