BRITISH AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE 1739-1815: SUCCESS AND FAILURE ACROSS FIVE CONTINENTS.
Code: C225
Price: £29.95
Catalogue(s): Franklin
Category(s): New Books, Sixteenth to Eighteenth Century,
290pp., 31 illus., 8 maps, 6 tables, P.B. 2026. Britain carried out many amphibious operations during the long-eighteenth century, ranging from raids to the landing of whole armies. British Amphibious Warfare 1739–1815 provides case-studies of some of these operations, and explores why their outcomes ranged from great successes to major disasters, with no obvious long-term learning curve.