| What the Thunder Said: Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar Contributor(s): Conrad, John (Author), Blatchford, Christie (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 155488408X ISBN-13: 9781554884087 Publisher: Dundurn Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: By every principle of war, every shred of military logic, logistics support to Canada's Task Force Orion in Afghanistan should have collapsed in July 2006. There are few countries that offer a greater challenge to logistics than Afghanistan, and yet Canadian soldiers lived through an enormous test on this deadly international stage - a monumental accomplishment. Canadian combat operations were widespread across southern Afghanistan in 2006, and logistics soldiers worked in quiet desperation to keep the battle group moving. Only now is it appreciated how precarious the logistics operations of Task Force Orion in Kandahar really were. [i]What the Thunder Said[/i] is an honest, raw recollection of incidents and impressions of Canadian warfighting from a logistics perspective. It offers solid insight into the history of military logistics in Canada and explores in some detail the dramatic erosion of a once-proud corner of the army from the perspective of a battalion commander. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Wars & Conflicts (other) - History | Asia - Central Asia - History | Military - Canada |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 244 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Cultural Region - Asian - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: By every principle of war, every shred of military logic, logistics support to Canada's Task Force Orion in Afghanistan should have collapsed in July 2006. There are few countries that offer a greater challenge to logistics than Afghanistan, and yet Canadian soldiers lived through an enormous test on this deadly international stage - a monumental accomplishment. Canadian combat operations were widespread across southern Afghanistan in 2006, and logistics soldiers worked in quiet desperation to keep the battle group moving. Only now is it appreciated how precarious the logistics operations of Task Force Orion in Kandahar really were. What the Thunder Said is an honest, raw recollection of incidents and impressions of Canadian warfighting from a logistics perspective. It offers solid insight into the history of military logistics in Canada and explores in some detail the dramatic erosion of a once-proud corner of the army from the perspective of a battalion commander. |
Contributor Bio(s): Conrad, John: - John Conrad has served thirty-four years in the Canadian Army. A bestselling author and colonel in the Army Reserve, he has authored a number of books and articles on Canada's involvement in Afghanistan, including What the Thunder Said, a Military Book of the Month club selection in 2009. Colonel Conrad currently resides near Cooking Lake, Alberta. |