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Our Dry Cellar: Lessons in Military Logistics from the Afghanistan War
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Afghan War (2001-2021)Armed ForcesGeneral Political Science
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ISBN10: 1459757181
ISBN13: 9781459757189
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: Dec 1 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781459757189
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: Dec 1 2026
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
Timeless insights into military logistics sprang out of the hardship and sacrifices of Canadians who fought in Afghanistan.
Good battlefield logistics have always been more about people than things. Yet military logisticians in the Canadian Armed Forces have suffered in the cellar -- the underappreciated bottom of the institution -- for decades. These soldiers were called upon mightily in the summer of 2006 to sustain an infantry battlegroup in one of the world's harshest theatres. Afghanistan was a pyre of quiet desperation for the soldiers of the Canadian logistics battalion -- the National Support Element -- who sustained Task Force Orion in combat through endless days and overextended lines of communication. This crucible yielded lessons of war that have never been shared before now.
In Our Dry Cellar, John Conrad makes a case for strengthening the logistics underpinnings of the Canadian Armed Forces, unlocks sustainment secrets of the small but gritty Canadian Army, and gives human faces to the service and sacrifice of the revered art of battlefield logistics.
Good battlefield logistics have always been more about people than things. Yet military logisticians in the Canadian Armed Forces have suffered in the cellar -- the underappreciated bottom of the institution -- for decades. These soldiers were called upon mightily in the summer of 2006 to sustain an infantry battlegroup in one of the world's harshest theatres. Afghanistan was a pyre of quiet desperation for the soldiers of the Canadian logistics battalion -- the National Support Element -- who sustained Task Force Orion in combat through endless days and overextended lines of communication. This crucible yielded lessons of war that have never been shared before now.
In Our Dry Cellar, John Conrad makes a case for strengthening the logistics underpinnings of the Canadian Armed Forces, unlocks sustainment secrets of the small but gritty Canadian Army, and gives human faces to the service and sacrifice of the revered art of battlefield logistics.
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