From a to B - How Logistics Fuels American Power and Prosperity (Hardcover)

Logistics includes the planning and practice of moving stuff raw materials, tools, finished products, and even people from one place to another. It carried American settlers over the sparsely populated Great Plains to connect the East Coast to the West Coast and has underpinned our domestic prosperity ever since. Logistics also solidified the global power and influence of the United States by guaranteeing our ability to rapidly reinforce Europe in the world wars, by helping us win the Cold War, and by enabling the current U.S. military to fight two wars at once. Further, logistics undergirds the world economy as swelling populations vie for shrinking resources, including energy, water, arable land, food, and cheap labor. Natural disasters urgently increase such demand."From A to B" is the story of modern American logistics, which will continue to shape the nation s role in this century. The book begins with a U.S. Army transportation company in Iraq during the height of insurgent attacks on American supply networks. Then it tours the shipyards, railways, highways, airports, classrooms, corporate boardrooms, and laboratories that make up our complex and colorful transportation culture. With competition stiffening and our national transportation infrastructure crumbling, we must find ways to move resources and products even more efficiently if we are to thrive. "From A to B" presents this challenge.

General

Imprint:	Potomac Books Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	November 2011
Authors:	David Axe
Dimensions:	235 x 160 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	245
ISBN-13:	978-1-59797-525-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
LSN:	1-59797-525-7
Barcode:	9781597975254

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