The Challenge of Reforming European Communist Legacy 'Logistics'
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Authors
Young, Thomas-Durell
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Date of Issue
2016
Date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
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Abstract
This article posits four key challenges to address the question as to
why logistics reform in Communist-legacy defense institutions has
been so slow. First, what is the conceptual foundation for logistics
in these countries? Second, what is the general state of national
logistics capabilities in these countries? Third, why has the reform
of logistics in these post-Communist legacy defense institutions
been so slow and superficial? Fourth, in an attempt to understand
the problem better, what do legacy defense institutions need to do
themselves in order to be able to adopt modern Western logistics
concepts? Conversely, what do donor nations need to understand
about these legacy logistics organizations the better to enable
them to understand the immense gap that divides Communist
from Western logistics concepts? In addressing these questions,
the author will argue two points. First, logistics reform has been
impeded to date by a lack of appreciation on the part of particularly
Western officials that legacy logistics concepts could not be more
antithetical to their Western counterparts. Second, reform of legacy
logistics organizations will not follow from attention and resources
directed at tactical-level formations and importing the expeditionary
logistics concept. Rather, the causation of the continued inability
to adopt Western logistics concepts can be found in national-level
policy, financing, laws, and regulations that continue to
enable the operation of legacy concepts.
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Article
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The article of record as published may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13518046.2016.1200376
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National Security Affairs (NSA)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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19 p.
Citation
JOURNAL OF SLAVIC MILITARY STUDIES
2016, VOL. 29, NO. 3, 352–370
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