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Supplying War

Author : Martin van Creveld
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521297936
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book Supplying War written by Martin van Creveld and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did Napoleon succeed in 1805 but fail in 1812? Were the railways vital to Prussia's victory over France in 1870? Was the famous Schlieffen Plan militarily sound? Could the European half of World War II have been ended in 1944? These are only a few of the questions that form the subject-matter of this meticulously researched, lively book. Drawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, Martin van Creveld examines the 'nuts and bolts' of war: namely, those formidable problems of movement and supply, transportation and administration, so often mentioned - but rarely explored - by the vast majority of books on military history. In doing so he casts his net far and wide, from Gustavus Adolphus to Rommel, from Marlborough to Patton, subjecting the operations of each to a thorough analysis from a fresh and unusual point of view. The result is a fascinating book that has something new to say about virtually every one of the most important campaigns waged in Europe during the last two centuries.

Civil War Logistics

Author : Earl J. Hess
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807167525
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Civil War Logistics written by Earl J. Hess and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Eugene Feit Award in Civil War Studies by the New York Military Affairs Symposium During the Civil War, neither the Union nor the Confederate army could have operated without effective transportation systems. Moving men, supplies, and equipment required coordination on a massive scale, and Earl J. Hess’s Civil War Logistics offers the first comprehensive analysis of this vital process. Utilizing an enormous array of reports, dispatches, and personal accounts by quartermasters involved in transporting war materials, Hess reveals how each conveyance system operated as well as the degree to which both armies accomplished their logistical goals. In a society just realizing the benefits of modern travel technology, both sides of the conflict faced challenges in maintaining national and regional lines of transportation. Union and Confederate quartermasters used riverboats, steamers, coastal shipping, railroads, wagon trains, pack trains, cattle herds, and their soldiers in the long and complicated chain that supported the military operations of their forces. Soldiers in blue and gray alike tried to destroy the transportation facilities of their enemy, firing on river boats and dismantling rails to disrupt opposing supply lines while defending their own means of transport. According to Hess, Union logistical efforts proved far more successful than Confederate attempts to move and supply its fighting forces, due mainly to the North’s superior administrative management and willingness to seize transportation resources when needed. As the war went on, the Union’s protean system grew in complexity, size, and efficiency, while that of the Confederates steadily declined in size and effectiveness until it hardly met the needs of its army. Indeed, Hess concludes that in its use of all types of military transportation, the Federal government far surpassed its opponent and thus laid the foundation for Union victory in the Civil War.

A War of Logistics

Author : Charles R. Shrader
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813165768
Total Pages : 515 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book A War of Logistics written by Charles R. Shrader and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the French reoccupation of Indochina at the end of World War II, the pro-Communist Vietnamese nationalists, or Viet Minh, launched a grassroots insurgency that erupted into a full-fledged war in 1949. After nearly ten years of savage combat, the western world was stunned when Viet Minh forces decisively defeated the French Union army at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in May 1954. Logistics dominated every aspect of the First Indochina War, dictating the objectives, the organization of forces, the timing and duration of the operations, and even the final outcome. In A War of Logistics, Charles R. Shrader meticulously examines both French Union and Viet Minh logistical units during the period of active conventional warfare, as well as external support provided to the French by the United States and to the Vietnamese by China. Although the Vietnamese had few advantages over their opponents, their military leaders brilliantly employed a highly committed network of soldiers and civilians, outfitted to accommodate the challenging terrain on which they fought. Drawing on extensive research such as declassified intelligence documents, the reports of French participants, and accounts by Viet Minh leaders, including Vo Nguyen Giap and Ho Chi Minh, A War of Logistics provides in-depth coverage of the often-ignored but critically important topic of logistics in modern military campaigns.

The Logistics of the Roman Army at War

Author : Jonathan Roth
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004112711
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book The Logistics of the Roman Army at War written by Jonathan Roth and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is devoted to a study fo Roman logistics from the Punic Wars through the Principate. It explores various aspects of supply: rations, trains, foraging, supply lines; administration and logistics in warfare. The book traces the increasing sophistication of the Roman military supply system.

War of Supply

Author : DAVID D. DWORAK
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813183770
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book War of Supply written by DAVID D. DWORAK and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Operational Logistics

Author : Moshe Kress
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461510856
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (615 download)

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Download or read book Operational Logistics written by Moshe Kress and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Operational Logistics: The Art and Science of Sustaining Military Operations explores military logistics in terms of the theoretical foundations of operational logistics (OpLog) and its applications. The theoretical foundations are examined with regard to two dimensions. First, the artistic or qualitative aspects of contemporary logistics are looked at in the context of the operational level of war. These OpLog aspects include principles, imperatives and tenets, which are stated and analyzed. The second dimension relates to the scientific aspects of logistics. It is manifested by a formal network model that represents the structural and operational features of an OpLog system. Hence the book examines both artistic and scientific dimensions of military logistics and integrates the respective qualitative and quantitative aspects into a unified and definitive presentation of operational logistics. Chapter 1 presents a general introduction to military logistics. Chapter 2 discusses the general structure and characteristics of logistics and describes its three levels - strategic, operational and tactical. Chapter 3 focuses on Operational Logistics (OpLog). Chapter 4 deals with the logistics planning process. Chapter 5 addresses the issue of logistics information. Chapter 6 deals with forecasting logistics demands. Chapter 7 introduces the first version of the logistics network model. Chapter 8 addresses an important property of an OpLog system - Flexibility. Chapter 9 discusses two major (and dual) issues in OpLog practice: force accumulation and medical treatment and evacuation. Chapter 10 presents an inter-temporal network optimization model that is designed to determine deployment and employment of the support chain in an OpLog system.

Logistics in the Falklands War

Author : Kenneth L Privratsky
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473823129
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)

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Download or read book Logistics in the Falklands War written by Kenneth L Privratsky and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While many books have been written on the Falklands War, this is the first to focus on the vital aspect of logistics. The challenges were huge; the lack of preparation time; the urgency; the huge distances involved; the need to requisition ships from trade to name but four.??After a brief discussion of events leading to Argentina's invasion the book describes in detail the rush to re-organise and deploy forces, despatch a large task force, the innovative solutions needed to sustain the Task Force, the vital staging base at Ascension Island, the in-theatre resupply, the set-backs and finally the restoring of order after victory.??Had the logistics plan failed, victory would have been impossible and humiliation inevitable, with no food for the troops, no ammunition for the guns, no medical support for casualties etc.??The lessons learnt have never been more important with increasing numbers of out-of-area operations required in remote trouble spots at short notice. The Falklands experience is crucial for the education of new generations of military planners and fascinating for military buffs and this book fills an important gap.

Moving Mountains

Author : William G. Pagonis
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875843605
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (436 download)

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Download or read book Moving Mountains written by William G. Pagonis and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A United States general describes his command of the deployment of U.S. troops and supplies to the Persian Gulf in the war with Iraq and recommends his methods of leadership and resource management for use in the business world.

The Sinews of War

Author : James A. Huston
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9780160899140
Total Pages : 814 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (991 download)

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Download or read book The Sinews of War written by James A. Huston and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1966 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Military Logistics and Strategic Performance

Author : Thomas M. Kane
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0714651613
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (146 download)

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Download or read book Military Logistics and Strategic Performance written by Thomas M. Kane and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains why logistical planning is studied by military professionals and uses case studies to bring home its importance.

Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army

Author : Donald W. Engels
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520034334
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army written by Donald W. Engels and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The most important work on Alexander the Great to appear in a long time. Neither scholarship nor semi-fictional biography will ever be the same again. . . .Engels at last uses all the archaeological work done in Asia in the past generation and makes it accessible. ... Careful analyses of terrain, climate, and supply requirements are throughout combined in a masterly fashion to help account for Alexander's strategic decision in the light of the options open to him ... The chief merit of this splendid book is perhaps the way in which it brings an ancient army to life, as it really was and moved: the hours it took for simple operations of washing and cooking and feeding animals; the train of noncombatants moving with the army. ... this is a book that will set the reader thinking. There are not many books on Alexander the Great that do."--New York Review of Books.

The Lifeblood of War

Author : Julian Thompson
Publisher : Brassey's (UK) Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Lifeblood of War written by Julian Thompson and published by Brassey's (UK) Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of this book traces the pattern of the part played by logistics in armed conflict, from antiquity to the present day. The main emphasis of the book is on campaigns dating from the Korean War of 1950 onwards, but three selected campaigns from World War II produce a run-in for what is to follow - as indeed does his briefer coverage of earlier conflicts. As a former brigade commander in the Falklands War of 1982, Thompson draws a picture of what was, in effect, a microcosm of a much larger affair, the special circumstances of that experience offering a wide spectrum of logistic problems. He concludes with a look at the war on the Central Front that never was, and casts a glance into the future in the light of the impending changes for the defence of Europe.

The Big 'L'

Author : National Defense University Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book The Big 'L' written by National Defense University Press and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Supplying the Troops

Author : John Kennedy Ohl
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780875801858
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Supplying the Troops written by John Kennedy Ohl and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A graduate of West Point, Somervell served his country in both the military and civilian arenas. As head of the Works Progress Administration in New York City, he won recognition for his effective management; later, he helped prepare the nation for war by building training camps and munitions plants

Pacific Express

Author : Sandra V. McGee
Publisher : Amphibious Operations in the S
ISBN 13 : 9780970167880
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Pacific Express written by Sandra V. McGee and published by Amphibious Operations in the S. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning author William L. McGee has gathered under one cover an edited collection of the best works by noted military historians on the importance of military logistics in World War II. "Pacific Express" is on the Marine Corps Commandant's Professional List and is required reading for active duty and reserve Marines on the subject of Logistics.

The Logistics of War..

Author :
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428993789
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)

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A War of Logistics

Author : Charles R. Shrader
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813165776
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book A War of Logistics written by Charles R. Shrader and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2015-10-23 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the French reoccupation of Indochina at the end of World War II, the pro-Communist Vietnamese nationalists, or Viet Minh, launched a grassroots insurgency that erupted into a full-fledged war in 1949. After nearly ten years of savage combat, the western world was stunned when Viet Minh forces decisively defeated the French Union army at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in May 1954. Logistics dominated every aspect of the First Indochina War, dictating the objectives, the organization of forces, the timing and duration of the operations, and even the final outcome. In A War of Logistics, Charles R. Shrader meticulously examines both French Union and Viet Minh logistical units during the period of active conventional warfare, as well as external support provided to the French by the United States and to the Vietnamese by China. Although the Vietnamese had few advantages over their opponents, their military leaders brilliantly employed a highly committed network of soldiers and civilians, outfitted to accommodate the challenging terrain on which they fought. Drawing on extensive research such as declassified intelligence documents, the reports of French participants, and accounts by Viet Minh leaders, including Vo Nguyen Giap and Ho Chi Minh, A War of Logistics provides in-depth coverage of the often-ignored but critically important topic of logistics in modern military campaigns.