The United States Army and the Motor Truck: A Case Study in Standardization (Contributions in Military Studies) [Hardcover]

Marc K. Blackburn (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0313298084 | ISBN-13: 978-0313298080 | Publication Date: March 30, 1996

This work focuses on the efforts of the Quartermaster Corps to apply the concept of standardization to the Army's motor transportation system. The experiences of the Quartermaster Corps and the automobile industry indicated that the most efficient and cost effective method of motorization was to adopt a fleet of standardized trucks with interchangeable components. To attain this goal, the Quartermaster Corps faced many obstacles: bureaucratic inertia, technological limitations, insufficient funding, and resistance from the truck industry. But, in 1940, as America prepared for war, thanks to the efforts of the Quartermaster Corps, the haphazard policies that had once governed truck procurement were superseded by a standardization policy that purchased predetermined makes and models of trucks manufactured specifically for Army service.

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Book Description

Focuses on the efforts of the Quartermaster Corps to standardize the Army's motor transportation system.

About the Author

MARC K. BLACKBURN is an Instructor of History at Green River Community College in Auburn, Washington.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (March 30, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313298084
• ISBN-13: 978-0313298080
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,003,633 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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