Seaborne Assault

Gregory Fremont-Barnes is a senior lecturer in war studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He earned his doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford and has authored or edited more than twenty-five books on military and naval history. With extensive experience working at the Afghan National Army Academy and international teaching on counterinsurgency, Fremont-Barnes combines academic expertise with practical field experience, making him a leading authority on warfare. He lives in London.

“Seaborne Assault highlights the importance of amphibious expeditions throughout the 20th century. Through level-headed analysis, the authors underscore the primacy of intelligence, risk assessment, operational tempo, and cross-service cooperation in amphibious warfare. Lay readers, professional students of war, and historians alike will benefit from this study." — Chris K. Hemler, author of Delivering Destruction: American Firepower and Amphibious Assault from Tarawa to Iwo Jima “Seaborne Assault expands modern understandings of this most difficult form of warfare: the amphibious operation. As the world’s powers again look to the sea as a means of projecting power, the lessons and studies here will prove valuable to practitioners, planners, scholars, and leaders alike.” — Timothy Heck, editor, On Contested Shores: The Evolving Role of Amphibious Operations in the History of Warfare (vol 1 and 2) “Gregory Fremont-Barnes’ Seaborne Assault: Amphibious Warfare in Modern Conflict provides a carefully curated selection of campaigns highlighting the challenges and risks that must be conquered to secure victory on a distant shore. Through lessons learned from each operation, readers will appreciate how amphibious warfare from the past can still shape the ebb and flow of geopolitics among the great powers, despite the transformations and proliferation of options in power projection in the 21st century.” — David S. Nasca, author of The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare, 1898-1945