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The First Helicopter War: Logistics and Mobility in Algeria, 1954-1962. By Charles R. Shrader. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1999. ISBN 0-275-963888. Maps. Tables. Glossary. Appendixes. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. Pp. xvi, 277. ,59.95.
Independent historian Charles R. Shrader has written several books on the impact of logistics on warfare. His latest book is a comprehensive study of logistics in the 1954-1962 Algerian War. Shrader bases his study on official French military documents, especially those in the archives of the Service Historique de l'Armee de Terre. He also makes use of reports by contemporary Western intelligence agencies and secondary sources. With few National Liberation Front (FLN) documents available, Shrader urges that his conclusions be treated with "some caution" (p. xvi).
Chapters treat the physical environment of Algeria, the orders of battle...