The vaguely cliche, but I think very true way, it's a truism, is that, you know, amphibious

operations are some of the most complex you can do in a military domain, in a military

environment, and as a result, this is where multi-domain operations, you can prove all of it at once.

You know, if we say we don't need to, we can't do amphibious operations because of the

A2AD bubble.

One that implies the bubble is this hard and fixed thing.

And I don't buy that.

Hey, welcome back to the Modern War Institute podcast.

I'm John Amble, editorial director at MWI, and I'm joined in this

episode by Tim Heck. He is a Marine, currently an officer in the Marine Corps Reserve, and he is

also the co-editor of a book called On Contested Shores, the evolving role of amphibious operations

in the history of warfare. The book takes a look at more than 400 years of amphibious operations. We all know

something about the really well-known examples like D-Day and Gallipoli, but how much do you

know about an amphibious operation in Tuscany in the middle of the 16th century, or a Turkish

amphibious operation in Cyprus in 1974? That history is interesting in and of itself, but even more so

because of the way the book pairs these historical case studies with examinations of amphibious

operations in conflict scenarios today and tomorrow. It tackles the past, present, and future

of amphibious operations. It's a great conversation that I hope you enjoy.

Before we get to it, a couple quick notes.

First, the books publisher, Marine Corps University Press, has made it available as a PDF online for free, but you can also get a physical hard copy of it.

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