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