Preface Introduction The Physical Environment The French Armed Forces in Algeria French Logistics in Algeria: Supply and Maintenance French Logistics in Algeria: Transportation The Algerian National Liberation Front and Its Army The Logistics of the Algerian Army of National Liberation Mobility, Counter-Mobility, and Interdiction Logistics and Mobility in Algeria, 1954-1962 Major French Combat Forces in Algeria in 1960 Characteristics of French Transport Aircraft and Helicopters Glossary Common French Map Symbols Selected Bibliography Subject Index
An explanation of how, between 1954 and 1962, the French Army employed its superior logistical system-enhanced by helicopters-and highly effective counter-mobility measures, to cut off the Algerian nationalist rebels from their exterior bases and inflict upon them a decisive battlefield defeat.
CHARLES R. SHRADER, an independent historian and consultant, currently serves as the executive director of the Society for Military History. His other books include U.S. Military Logistics, 1607-1991: A Research Guide (Greenwood, 1992) and Communist Logistics in the Korean War (Greenwood, 1995).
?The First Helicopter War is an important, even definitive, study
and will be of interest to all those studying in wars of
insurgency. Shrader's statistical information is impressive, even a
bit daunting, but those who make the effort will be rewarded.?-The
Journal of Military History
"The First Helicopter War is an important, even definitive, study
and will be of interest to all those studying in wars of
insurgency. Shrader's statistical information is impressive, even a
bit daunting, but those who make the effort will be rewarded."-The
Journal of Military History
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