Supplying War - Logistics From Wallenstein to Patton

Informationen zum Autor Martin van Creveld is a Professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University, Jersualem. His previous books include The Rise and Decline of the State (Cambridge, 1999), The Sword and the Olive: A Critical History of the Israeli Defense Force (2002), Air Power and Manoeuvre Warfare (2002) and Transformation of War (1991). Klappentext A second edition of this classic work, commenting on the role of logistics in warfare. Zusammenfassung Aexamination of the `nuts and bolts' of war! the vast problems of movement and supply! transportation and administration! from the seventeenth century to the Second World War! offering! in effect! a reinterpretation of modern military history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. The background of two centuries; 2. 'An army marches on its stomach!'; 3. When demigods rode rails; 4. The wheel that broke; 5. Russian roulette; 6. Sirte to Alamein; 7. War of the accountants; 8. Logistics in perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Van Creveld, Martin Van (Hebrew University of Jerusale Creveld, Martin Van Creveld
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.03.2004
• EAN: 9780521837446
• ISBN: 978-0-521-83744-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration