So Many, So Much, So Far, So Fast: United States Transportation Command and Strategic Deployment for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm

Matthews, James K.; Holt, Cora J.

ISBN 10: 1483945030 / ISBN 13: 9781483945033

Published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: So Many, So Much, So Far, So Fast: United States Transportation Command and Strategic Deployment for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483945030
• ISBN 13: 9781483945033
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Strategic mobility, the capability to transport military forces rapidly across intercontinental distances into an operational theater, lies at the heart of US military strategy. Nowhere has the importance of strategic mobility been more evident than in Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, the military response to the Iraqi seizure of Kuwait that began in August 1990 and ended in March 1991. This study presents a detailed analysis of how the Defense Transportation System (DTS)--the United States Transportation Command, its service components, and the civilian transportation industry--provided the strategic mobility that enabled the United States and its allies to assemble an overwhelming military force to defeat Iraq and free Kuwait. It is also a tribute to the hard work and dedication of the military and civilian personnel who ran the DTS during the operation.

About the Author

Dr. James K. Matthews is the Director of the United States Transportation Command Research Center and serves as Special Staff Assistant to the command's senior staff. In his 17 years of government service, he has worked as a staff historian at Headquarters Strategic Air Command and Headquarters Air Force Communications Command. More recently, he served as the Command Historian for the Military Airlift Command and the United States Transportation Command. He received his doctorate in history in 1981 from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Cora J. Holt is the United States Transportation Command Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Officer. In her 25 years of government service, she has served with the Department of Agriculture, the Air Force's 3504th Recruiting Group, and at the Headquarters Air Force Communications Command History Office. Previous to her current position, she was the Writer/Editor in the United States Transportation Command Research Center. She received her bachelor of science degree in 1986 from Park College, Parkville, Missouri.