Description
Book Synopsis
You can train men to fight. You can plan for the invasion. But you can't have success on the battlefield if you cannot move the men and material into position. Success is not possible without logistical support and capabilities. The U.S. Army's logistics system began with practically nothing and through numerous conflicts and periods of peace has developed into a first rate supply system capable of supporting the global military commitments of the present day. This work presents the history of U.S. Army logistics as one of evolution, trial and error, and occasionally revolutionary change over a period of two hundred plus years. It is important that logisticians and combat leaders alike understand how the United States Army logistical system developed; the challenges that had to be overcome; and the successes and failures encountered along the way.
Creating the U.S. Army in 1775 proved to be easy compared to the task of keeping the army adequately supplied over the
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Supplying the New Army: 1775–1817 2. The Bureau System: 1818–1860 3. Supporting the Mass Army: 1861–1865 4. Looking Back, Looking Forward: 1865–1916 5. Great War Logistics: 1916–1919 6. Global Logistics: 1920–1945 7. Cold War Logistics: 1946–1989 8. The Gulf War and Beyond: 1990–2001 Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
