LITTORAL WARFARE (MA 154) AGENDA

Spring 2007

 

Date

Topic

Assigned Reading

1/30

Introduction

None

 

 

Amphibious Concepts

Marathon, 490 B.C.

Barbary Wars

 

AS 3-11

SWP 1-29

2/6

Veracruz, 1847

The Crimea, 1854

Ft Fisher, 1864/65

AS 74-78

AS 79-87

AS 95-104

2/13

Gallipoli, 1915

 

 

Banana Wars

AS 142-143; SP 212-222

G 11-108, 128-194, 219-294, 356-369

SWP 129-181

2/20

Interwar-Developing Doctrine

 

European Strategy and North Africa 1942

 

AW 21-44; AS 157-194

 

SP 270-286

 

2/27

Sicily 1943

Salerno 1943

Anzio 1944

Ike 159-192; SP 275-277

Ike 173-219; SP 277-279

Ike 217-219

3/6

Normandy 1944

 

Ike, Ch 13, 14; AS 308-325; SP 279-286

3/13

Midterm

 

None

None

3/20

Pacific Strategy

 

Guadalcanal 1942

AW 83-98; SF 344-353; SP 302-330

AW 103-165; SF 353-371; SP 302-310

4/3

Tarawa 1943

 

 

Iwo Jima 1945

 

AW Ch 6, AS 210-218; SP 317-323

 

AW 432-530, SP 348-349

4/10

*Okinawa 1945

Lessons of WWII

 

*Inchon & the Korean War 1950

 

AW 531-579

AW 481-490; SF 445-452; AS 331-333, 386-395

 

SF 481-495; AS 337-353

AS 365-371

 

4/17

Falklands, 1982

Grenada 1983

Desert Storm 1991

AS 429-436

Handout

Handout

SWP 281-352

4/24

Papers Due

MAGTF Organization and Capabilities

Maritime Preposition Forces

 

Handout

Handout

5/1

Operational Maneuver from the Sea

 

Handout

 

5/8

Future of Amphibious Warfare

 

Handout

 

Class Summary

Exam Review

None