
What the Thunder Said
Reflections of a Canadian Officer in Kandahar
John Conrad(Author)
Dundurn Group Ltd (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 16. July 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
244 pages
978-1-55488-408-7 (ISBN)
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55488-408-7 (9781554884087)
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Lieutenant-Colonel John Conrad is a combat logistics officer with 25 years of experience. He has commanded Canada's logistics battalion in Cambodia, Bosnia, and Kandahar, where in 2006 he was decorated with the Meritorious Service Medal for his leadership. He lives in Orono, Ontario.