Logistics from wallenstein to patton by martin van creveld pp. Logistics from wallenstein to patton feedback end users have never nevertheless left their own overview of the game, or not read it nevertheless. Drawing on a very wide range of sources, van creveld examines the specifics of 6 martin van creveld, supplying war. Friction of war refers to the difficulties encountered by armed forces, including logistical services, that hinder their aims. Drawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploite. The garrison state in pre war japan and post war korea. Canadian forces and the operational level of war, canadian defence quarterly vol. The book s significance is attested to by the fact that until the middle of 2008, it was included on the list of required reading for united states army officers, and with sun tzu and clausewitz the third nonamerican entry on the list. Martin van creveld is a professor in the department of history at the hebrew university, jersualem.
Fullers book the conduct of war, of the idea that modern war and modern society are symbiotically. Cambridge university press 1977, isbn 052121730x 2nd ed, 2004, isbn 0521546575 fighting power. Cambridge university press 0521837448 supplying war. Pdf no military operation is conceivable without logistics. His previous books include the rise and decline of the state cambridge, 1999, the sword and the olive. German and us army performance, 19391945, westport, conn greenwood press 1982, isbn 03233330. These are only a few of the questions that form the subjectmatter of this meticulously researched, lively book. Supplying war logistics from wallenstein to patton drawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, martin van creveld.
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Drawing on a very wide range of sources, van creveld examines the specifics of war. Uses unpublished sources to examine the problems of transportation and administration and movement and supply, analyzing operations from a variety of wars and including a. Logistics from wallenstein to patton but argues persuasively that a similar study on the role of logistics in unconventional or small wars is sorely needed. I think its important that airmen take from van creveld, whom i believe is an. Logistics from wallenstein to patton by martin van creveld supplying war. From wallenstein keeping austria in the thrty years war by building one of the first modern supply systems and becoming a major entrepreneur and making a fortune out of it to patton s tanks running out of fuel as their supply lines overextended, martin van creveld stresses the truth of that old saying.
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A critical history of the israeli defense force 2002, air power and manoeuvre warfare 2002, and transformation of war 1991. Logistics from wallenstein to patton so far with regards to the book we now have supplying war. Cambridge university press 0521546575 martin van creveld. Logistics from wallenstein to patton by professor martin van creveld. Supplying war logistics from wallenstein to patton. General works on the history of logistics are few and far between, and even studies of logistics in particular campaigns are far. Moreover, by concentrating on logistics rather than on the more traditional tactics and strategy, dr van creveld is able to offer a reinterpretation of the whole field of military.
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