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Loading... Logistics in the Falklands Warby Kenneth L. Privratsky
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The book is excellent, the author is a retired US Major General whose specialty was logistics and this book is an expansion of a couple of professional papers written while in service. As he explains in the preface, he wrote the book with an eye towards a more general (no pun intended!) audience with an interest in military history and it is quite readable, although some basic understanding of military terms and structure would be very helpful. Also if you aren't familiar with the Falklands War it wouldn't hurt to brush up on it via the internet beforehand. Otherwise however it is very readable and extremely interesting even if you don't happen to have an interest in logistics in war (like I do!). ( ) no reviews | add a review
While many books have been written on the Falklands War, this is the first to focus on the vital aspect of logistics. The challenges were huge; the lack of preparation time; the urgency; the huge distances involved; the need to requisition ships from trade to name but four. After a brief discussion of events leading to Argentina's invasion the book describes in detail the rush to re-organise and deploy forces, despatch a large task force, the innovative solutions needed to sustain the Task Force, the vital staging base at Ascension Island, the in-theatre resupply, the set-backs and finally the restoring of order after victory. Had the logistics plan failed, victory would have been impossible and humiliation inevitable, with no food for the troops, no ammunition for the guns, no medical support for casualties etc. The lessons learnt have never been more important with increasing numbers of out-of-area operations required in remote trouble spots at short notice. The Falklands experience is crucial for the education of new generations of military planners and fascinating for military buffs and this book fills an important gap. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)997.11History and Geography Oceania and elsewhere South Atlantic Islands Falklands, South Georgia, South Sandwich, Bouvet Islands Falkland IslandsLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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