TY - BOOK AU - TILL Geoffrey AU - FARRELL Theo TI - Amphibious operations SN - (pbk.) PY - 1997/// CY - Camberley, UK PB - SCSI KW - AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS KW - BRITAIN KW - JAPAN KW - JOINT OPERATIONS KW - PEACEKEEPING KW - SOMALIA CIVIL WAR N2 - A collection of 3 papers. In the first Professor Till provides an historical overview of the theory and practice of amphibious operations from a British perspective. In the second Grove covers the development of Japanese amphibious warfare in the period 1874 to 1942. Finally Dr Farrell proposes that the US Marine Corps experience in Somalia in 1993 (Operation Restore Hope) might provide a model for the future ER -