{"product_id":"2940148836728","title":"Rapid Deployment Logistics: Lebanon, 1958","description":"One of the more consistent patterns in U.S. military operations since the end of World War II\u003cbr\u003ehas been our growing involvement in contingency operations around the world. Recognition of this\u003cbr\u003esignificant role for our military forces has been reflected most recently in the establishment of\u003cbr\u003eseveral new commands-First Special Operations Command, USREDCOM, USCENTCOM-which exist\u003cbr\u003ein order to improve U.S. capability to respond to worldwide threats on short notice. Concomitantly,\u003cbr\u003ethere is renewed interest in low-intensity conflict operations, and the Army is pursuing the development\u003cbr\u003eof light divisions especially designed for strategic mobility and rapid deployment.\u003cbr\u003eThis CSI Research Survey by Lt. Col. Gary H. Wade, Rapid Deployment Logistics: Lebanon,\u003cbr\u003e1958, reminds us that strategic power projection must be founded upon a responsive and synchronized\u003cbr\u003elogistical base. Indeed, failure to provide the \"tail\" during short-notice contingency operations\u003cbr\u003ewill blunt or even doom to failure the sharp bite of the \"teeth,\" namely, the fighting forces.\u003cbr\u003eThis detailed, comprehenisve study of the logistical planning and in-country support of the U.S.\u003cbr\u003emilitary intervention in Lebanon in 1958 is of imminent value to the U.S. Army today. Many of\u003cbr\u003ethe issues faced by the logisticians in Beirut in 1958 are identical to those facing force developers\u003cbr\u003eof the light division today, such as the questions of diverting line soldiers to support duties,\u003cbr\u003esecuring materiel in a potentially hostile lodgment, synchronizing sealift with airlift, and establishing\u003cbr\u003epriorities for deliveries. The study has particular value as well for its analysis of tailoring logistical\u003cbr\u003eunits for contingency opeerraatioitnss and for investigation into the unique problems of the noncombat\u003cbr\u003ephase of operations. Not surprisingly, a good number of the logistical problems encountered in\u003cbr\u003eLebanon in 1958 recurred in the U.S. intervention in Grenada twenty-five years later.\u003cbr\u003eRapid Deployment Logistics also has much to say about the conduct of joint operations, for in\u003cbr\u003eno other arena are the services more intricately intertwined than in the logistical support of\u003cbr\u003e\"break-in\" operations. The lessons contained in this CSI Research Survey will help today's planners\u003cbr\u003eand operators to anticipate and thus avoid the mistakes of the past. Rapid Deployment Logistics\u003cbr\u003eonce again demonstrates the relevance, utility, and necessity of the study of military history to the\u003cbr\u003eeffective conduct of the profession of arms.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079385235696,"sku":"2940148836728","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148836728_p0.jpg?v=1763708722","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148836728","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}