This work argues that logistics in warfare is crucial to achieving strategic success. The author identifies logistical capabilities as an arbiter of opportunity, which plays a critical role in determining which side will hold the strategic iniative in war. Armies which have secured reliable resources of supply have a great advantage in determining the time and manner in which engagements take place. Often, they can fight in ways their opponents cannot. The author illustrates this point with case studies of British logistics during the Burma campaign in the World War II, American logistical innovations during the Pacific War, Communist supply methods during the American phase of the Vietnam War and the competing logistical systems of both NATO and Warsaw Pact conventional forces during the Cold War.
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'Amateurs study strategy, professionals study logistics.' Omar Bradley
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To judge by the remarks of experienced soldiers from every era, logistics ranks among the most crucial elements contributing to military success. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
amphibious war, logistical studies, equipment prepositioned, naval logistics, supplying war, logistics ships, militia organisations, combat loading, fleet train, logistical system, logistical factors, logistical services, logistical capabilities, logistical network, military logistics, strategic performance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnamese, United States, Warsaw Pact, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, Pacific War, The Communist Road, New York, Second World War, Soviet Union, Burma Victory, Marine Corps, Communist Party, North Vietnam Personnel Infiltration, The Twenty-Five Year War, Pearl Harbor, Logistics Study, Coral Sea, Voodoo Logistics, Battle Tactics, Desert Storm, Military Review, Red Army, Base Force, First World War New!
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To judge by the remarks of experienced soldiers from every era, logistics ranks among the most crucial elements contributing to military success. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
amphibious war, logistical studies, equipment prepositioned, naval logistics, supplying war, logistics ships, militia organisations, combat loading, fleet train, logistical system, logistical factors, logistical services, logistical capabilities, logistical network, military logistics, strategic performance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Vietnamese, United States, Warsaw Pact, South Vietnam, Viet Cong, Pacific War, The Communist Road, New York, Second World War, Soviet Union, Burma Victory, Marine Corps, Communist Party, North Vietnam Personnel Infiltration, The Twenty-Five Year War, Pearl Harbor, Logistics Study, Coral Sea, Voodoo Logistics, Battle Tactics, Desert Storm, Military Review, Red Army, Base Force, First World War New!
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- Eagle Against the Sun: The American War With Japan by Ronald Spector on 7 pages
- On War (Dodo Press) by Carl von General Clausewitz on 7 pages
- The Pacific War: 1941-1945 by John Costello on 5 pages
- Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945 by Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim on 4 pages
- Lifeblood of War by Julian Thompson on 4 pages
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- Strategy for Chaos: Revolutions in Military Affairs and the Evidence of History (Strategy and History) by Colin Gray on page 59, page 133, and page 267
- German Disarmament After World War I: The Diplomacy of International Arms Inspection 1920-1931 (Strategy and History) by Richard Shuster in Front Matter
- Theoretical Roots of US Foreign Policy: Machiavelli and American Unilateralism (Contemporary Security Studies) by Thomas M. Kane in Back Matter
- The Nature of War in the Information Age: Clausewitzian Future (Strategy and History) by David J. Lonsdale in Front Matter
- The Myth of Inevitable US Defeat in Vietnam (Strategy and History) by Dale Walton in Front Matter
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