Recent naval history beyond the world wars

What do you think of twentieth- and twenty-first-century history?

Naval history should include recent operations, including the maritime and amphibious dimensions of Afghanistan and Iraq, rather than stopping with the world wars.

Twentieth-century naval history should not be reduced to the world wars, and recent operations are not too new to study. Afghanistan and Iraq provide examples in which maritime and amphibious elements make recent events part of naval history. Once an operation has happened, historians can study it and use it to clarify the present. The answer encourages viewers to follow naval activity into recent operations instead of stopping at familiar wartime boundaries.