TY  - BOOK
AU  - Millett,John D.
ED  - Center of Military History,
TI  - The organization and role of the Army Service Forces
T2  - United States Army in World War II. The Army Service Forces
SN  - 9780160934902
AV  - D769.2 .M55 2017
U1  - 940.54/1273 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Washington, DC.
PB  - Center of Military History, United States Army
KW  - United States
KW  - Army Service Forces
KW  - Army
KW  - Procurement
KW  - History
KW  - Supplies and stores
KW  - fast
KW  - World War (1939-1945)
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Regimental histories
KW  - Armed Forces
N1  - "First printed 1954."; Originally published: Washington, D.C. : Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army, 1954; Shipping list no: 2018-0005-S; Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-470) and index; PART ONE: The Creation of the Army Services Forces -- I. The War Department and Army organization at the beginning of World War II -- II. The reorganization of the War Department; PART II: The Role of the ASF in the War Department -- III. The procurement and supply activities of the ASF -- IV. Strategy and supply: early phases  -- V. Strategy and supply: final phases -- VI. Services for the Army -- VII. The ASF and the OPD -- VIII. The Army Air Forces and the ASF -- IX.The Somervell proposals for War Department reorganization -- X. The transfer of ASF activities to the War Department staff -- XI. Further reconsideration of the role of the ASF -- XII. Somervell's relationship with Patterson and Marshall; PART THREE: The role of ASF in industrial mobilization -- XIII. The ASF and the WPB: Early attempts to define responsibilities -- XIV. The ASF and the WPB: the control of raw materials -- XV. The ASF and the WPB: the control of production -- XVI. The ASF and other civilian agencies controlling procurement resources -- XVII. The ASF and civilian agencies concerned with military supply and defense -- XVIII. Procurement collaboration with the Navy -- XIX. The Procurement role of the ASF; PART FOUR: Internal Organization of the ASF -- XX. The technical services -- XXI. The service commands -- XXII. The evolution of ASF headquarters -- XXIII. The management of the ASF -- XXIV. The proposed ASF reorganization of 1943
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