{"product_id":"improvising-a-war-benjamin-l-landis-9781576386330","title":"Improvising a War: The Pentagon Years 1965-1967: Reminiscences of an Untried Warrior","description":"Merriam Press Vietnam War Series\u003cp\u003e First Edition 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The United States Amy was ill-prepared to engage in a major conflict in Vietnam. This was the consequence of President Lyndon Johnson deciding that the National Guard and the Reserves would not be called up to support the war effort. Army contingency planning for any major conflict was based on the call up of the National Guard and the Reserves. Not being authorized to do so increased exponentially the difficulties in meeting the requirements to fight the war in Vietnam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Between 1965 and 1968 the United States Army almost doubled in size. Who were the additional personnel? Privates fresh out of basic training and second lieutenants fresh out of OCS, ROTC, or West Point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eImprovising a War\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of how the Army General Staff coped with this challenge to meet the forces requested by the Army headquarters in Vietnam and approved by the Secretary of Defense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author arrived for duty in the Pentagon two days after the first major combat units (1st Infantry Division, 1st Air Cavalry Division) departed for Vietnam and after the creation of the Committee for Unit Deployments to Vietnam on the same day. One day later he became the Representative of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel on this Committee. The responsibility of this committee was to ensure that the units requested and approved were sent to Vietnam on their scheduled dates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eImprovising a War\u003c\/i\u003e recounts how the committee accomplished its mission (not always successfully) with particular emphasis on the personnel challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 1: Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 2: Prelude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 3: Day One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 4: Day Two and Thereafter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 5: On My Own\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 6: Well Diggers, Divers, Railroaders and Stevedores\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 7: The Problems Never End\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 8: The 9th Infantry Division\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 9: Modified Tables of Organization and Equipment (MTOE)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 10: Getting the Job Done\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 11: Senator Margaret Chase Smith\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 12: The 196th Infantry Brigade\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 13: Getting Organized, Finally\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 14: The 25th Infantry Division\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 15: The Drawdown\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 16: Unit Readiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 17: DA Versus DOD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 18: The Pacing Units\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 19: The Engineer Construction Battalions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Chapter 20: Postlude\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appendix: Army Regulations 220-1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 10 photos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin L. Landis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1576386333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781576386330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Merriam Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Benjamin L. Landis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442423247103,"sku":"9781576386330","price":12.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c7a02b63-2821-4be8-a7f2-7b71752c2e85.jpg?v=1777197310","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/improvising-a-war-benjamin-l-landis-9781576386330","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}