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Upcoming works by the Faculty Contracting, Logistics, Reverse Logistics: The Project, Program, and Portfolio Approach Dr. Robert Gordon Contracting, Logistics and Reverse Logistics are intertwined with the project management discipline. Ultimately, successful strategy leads to increased value and the difficult topics of ethics, culture, relationships and a company’s ROI. The textbook would be accompanied by three workbooks: One for contracting, one for logistics and one for reverse logistics. Pacific Hurtgen: The U.S. Sixth Army's Ordeal in Northern Luzon, 1945 Dr. Robert Young When forced to flee the Philippines during the spring of 1942, American General Douglas MacArthur famously remarked: "I shall return." MacArthur did exactly what the Japanese and their commander, General Yamashita, wanted. In a fruitless campaign, both tactically and strategically, four US infantry divisions would be debilitated to satisfy General MacArthur's quest that no Filipino land remained occupied by the Japanese. 24