US Army Global Logistics Challenges and Strategy at the beginning of World War II United States Army in World War II series Discusses United States Army logistics, primarily of ground forces, in its relation to global strategy. Told from the viewpoint of the central administration in Washington, Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff,the War Department General Staff, and the Services of Supply.  This volume is the first part of a two volume set on this topic.  Logistial tasks account in large measure for the enormous administrative machinery that the Army developed in the course of the war.  The demand for service troops seemed insatiable and required repeated revisions of the troop basis.  The most persistent theme is the chronic, pervasive competition for resources -- a completition that was scarcely diminished even when the war machine began to pour out those resources with a prodigality the world had not seen before this time.   Military soldiers and students studying world history and World War II history may be interested in this historical accounts of the global logistics and strategy that the U.S. Amy encountered at the beginning of World War II.  Related products:World War II resources collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/us-military-history/battles-wars/world...Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff, 1775-2010: Portraits & Biographical Sketches of the United States Army's Senior Officer is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00538-7Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits & Biographical Sketches 2010 is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-029-00537-9

United States Army in World War II : War Department, Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943

History

Richard M. Leighton

Robert W. Coakley

Americas

Office of Chief of Military History, Dept. Army

Examines the role of Office of the Secretary of Defense and Secretary Charles E. Wilson in the transformation of national security policy during the first Eisenhower administration. Includes bibliography and index.

History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Vol. 3: Strategy, Money, and the New Look, 1953-1956

Office of the Secretary, Histo

Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943 These volumes present the outlook of the War Department as a whole on this task, rather than that of any one agency or command of the Army. Two other volumes in the same subseries will deal with the Army's procurement of munitions and supplies from that standpoint. The rest of the logistical story will be told in volumes on the Army Service Forces, the seven technical services, and the theaters of operations. Logistical tasks account in large measure for the enormous administrative machinery that the Army developed in the course of the war. Its development, though not a complete surprise, exceeded all anticipations. The demand for service tr00ps seemed insatiable and required repeated revisions of the troop basis. With this went a proliferation of overhead in the form of complex controls and higher headquarters that ate up officers needed for the training and leading of fighting troops, drew into the service a multitude of specialists, and confused the chain of command. The trend ran counter to the traditional American belief that the overriding mission of the Army is to fight, a conviction so deep that some commanders, like General mcnair, fought to keep the Army lean and simple. In World War II they lost this fight. Those who fear that administration is supplanting combat as the primary mission of the Army will find much to ponder in this book and its companion volumes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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<p>Excerpt from Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943These volumes present the outlook of the War Department as a whole on this task, rather than that of any one agency or command of the Army. Two other volumes in the same subseries will deal with the Army's procurement of munitions and supplies from that standpoint. The rest of the logistical story will be told in volumes on the Army Service Forces, the seven technical services, and the theaters of operations.Logistical tasks account in large measure for the enormous administrative machinery that the Army developed in the course of the war. Its development, though not a complete surprise, exceeded all anticipations. The demand for service tr00ps seemed insatiable and required repeated revisions of the troop basis. With this went a proliferation of overhead in the form of complex controls and higher headquarters that ate up officers needed for the training and leading of fighting troops, drew into the service a multitude of specialists, and confused the chain of command. The trend ran counter to the traditional American belief that the overriding mission of the Army is to fight, a conviction so deep that some commanders, like General mcnair, fought to keep the Army lean and simple. In World War II they lost this fight.Those who fear that administration is supplanting combat as the primary mission of the Army will find much to ponder in this book and its companion volumes.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.</p>

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United States Army in World War II : War Department, Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943

History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Vol. 3: Strategy, Money, and the New Look, 1953-1956

Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943 (Classic Reprint)

Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943 (Classic Reprint)