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This 6 page paper compares Alexander the Great's methods with the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Planning / Strategy Technology MAIN POINT: US INVASION OF IRAQ 2003 Outmoded Iraqi weapons State-of-the-art American arms Collapse of inspections caught American ground forces
unprepared; some units deployed, some still in the U.S. MAIN POINT: U.S. CAN DO BETTER Centralize supply / logistics Get equipment to the troops Do not
commit to war unless absolutely ready CONCLUSION Introduction If Alexander the Great were leading the American troops in Iraq, wed have finished up there and been
home by now. Alexander wouldnt have liked it one bit if his troops didnt have the equipment they needed to do the job, and hed have kept after the power
that be until Americans were properly supplied and protected. Whether one agrees with the war in general or not, its extremely difficult to watch young Americans dying because they dont
have the equipment they need to protect themselves. This paper compares Alexanders conquests to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, and argues that Alexander did a better. Job. Discussion
This paper will examine three main points. Our first point is an examination of Alexanders methods with regard to logistics. Our second is an examination of how the U.S. supplies
its troops. And our third point is how it could improve its delivery. First lets look at Alexander. Logistics appears to have been Alexanders strong point; he inspired other leaders,
"including Julius Caesar and Napoleon, even as they were daunted by their inability to achieve as much as Alexander had in his short lifetime" (Van Mieghem, 1998). His success was
not accidental; he succeeded because he planned meticulously and logically for his campaigns (Van Mieghem, 1998). Some of the "key factors" in his planning and success were as follows: he
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