Sustainment
Any consideration of the demands of Sustainment in Littoral Operations must include a definition of its breadth and limitations.
Risk/Threat Analysis
Examination of historical and contemporary risk and threat reveals a common influence – complexity. Multiple factors doubtless shaped Allied thinking in the 1940s: the relentless cost in men and materiel; political unity in the home base; strategic relationships between key protagonists; and the possible post-war shaping of Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
