Global Logistics and Strategy Vol I 1940 - 1943 (US Army Green Books)

'Amateurs talk about tactics, professionals study logistics.' is quote from Gen Robert Barrow that neatly sums up this book. While amateur historians of WWII discuss the performance of the P51 and the tactics of the German Armour Generals the main concern of the US Army was 'Shipping Lift' 'Port Clearance' and the availability of the British Troop Transport fleet. World War II was a war of global movement and it was Eisenhower's definitive paper that stated it would take 4 times the transport to move an Army across the Pacific as it would the Atlantic that defined the US 'Germany First' Strategy. All this was decided before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

This the real story of how WWII was won. . . . . not the action history that we are used to.

The original, complete with many tables and diagrams is available for the US Center for Military History in PDF format