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Entry Text: | Harding, Richard H. Amphibious Warfare in the Eighteenth Century: The British Expedition to the West Indies, 1740-1742. Royal Historical Society Studies Series, # 62. Woodbridge: Boydell & Brewer, 1991, ix, 248 pp. Thoroughly researched; Cartegena expedition; failure of interservice cooperation; Walpole administration conducted planning & preparation; model for later, successful operations; Britain to become most experienced & successful in amphibious warfare. |