Rapid Deployment Logistics: Lebanon, 1958

President Camille Chamoun of Lebanon made an urgent plea on 14 July 1958 to the governments of France, Great Britain, and the United States to deploy military forces to Lebanon. Received in Washington at 0600 on 14 July, this message became the first test of the Eisenhower Doctrine, which had been a...

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Main Author: Wade, G. H.
Other Authors: ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS COMBAT STUDIES INST
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1984
Subjects:
Humanities and History
Military Operations
Strategy and Tactics
*LEBANON
*MILITARY ASSISTANCE
*RAPID DEPLOYMENT
NATIONAL SECURITY
MIDDLE EAST
AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS
AIRBORNE
HISTORY
LOGISTICS
MILITARY PROCUREMENT
MILITARY PLANNING
CIVIL AFFAIRS
DOCTRINE
Task Force 201
Eisenhower Doctrine
JCS (Joint Chiefs of Staff)
Blue Bat Operation
Holloway
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA153215
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA153215
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Summary:President Camille Chamoun of Lebanon made an urgent plea on 14 July 1958 to the governments of France, Great Britain, and the United States to deploy military forces to Lebanon. Received in Washington at 0600 on 14 July, this message became the first test of the Eisenhower Doctrine, which had been announced in January 1957. The JCS activated a Specified Command, Middle East (SPECOMME), and designated Adm. James L. Holloway, Commander in Chief, North Atlantic and Mediterranean, as the Commander in Chief, SPECOMME (CINCSPECOMME). According to a JCS memorandum, These actions marked the beginning of operation 'Blue Bat,' the first United States airborne-amphibious operation to occur in peacetime. Contents: Doctrine, Planning, Background, Problems, Deployment, Organization, Resupply, Procurement, Civil affairs, Medical support, Security, Plans, Task force 201, On-hand supplies, 31 August 1958.

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