"The Emergence of American Amphibious Warfare, 1898-1945 examines how the United States became a superpower through amphibious operations in order to project military power. While other major world powers pursued and embraced different weapons and technologies in order to create different means of waging war, the United States was one of the few countries that spent decades training, developing, and employing amphibious warfare to pursue its national interests"-- Provided by publisher.

Amphibious warfare helps win the Spanish-American War -- Growing use of amphibious warfare from 1900 to 1918 -- Amphibious warfare reexamined during the interwar years -- The golden age of amphibious warfare.