Feeding Mars : logistics in Western warfare from the Middle Ages to the present
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Feeding Mars : logistics in Western warfare from the Middle Ages to the present
（History and warfare）
Westview Press, 1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-308) and index
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alk. paper ISBN 9780813317168
内容説明
Mars, the god of war, must be fed - with huge quantities of food, fuel and ammunition, which in turn must be produced, transported and distributed to forces in the field. This book is a study of military logistics as conducted by Western powers from medieval times to the Vietnam war. The book emphasizes the various ways in which the essentials of war have been produced, acquired and transported.
目次
- The history of logistics and supplying war
- Byzantine logistics
- logistics in pre-crusade Europe
- medieval maritime logistics
- the logistics of war at sea in the 16th century - the Spanish perspective
- food, funds, fortresses - resource mobilization and positional warfare in the wars of Louis XIV
- logistical crisis and the American revolution - a hypothesis
- the misfire of Civil War research and development
- forging the trident - British naval industrial logistics, 1914-1918
- deuce and a half
- war plans and politics - origins of the American base of supply in Vietnam.
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pbk. ISBN 9780813318653
内容説明
Mars must be fed. His tools of war demand huge quantities of fodder, fuel, ammunition, and food. All these must be produced, transported, and distributed to contending forces in the field. No one can doubt the importance of feeding Mars in warfare, and it takes no great effort to recognize that logistics has always been a major aspect of large-scale armed struggle. Yet, despite its undeniable importance, surprisingly little has been written about logistics. The literature on warfare is full of the triumphs and tragedies of common soldiers and the brilliance and blundering of generals. But logistics lacks the drama of combat. It can be expressed on balance sheets no more exciting than shopping lists; movement is not measured by the dashing gallop of charging cavalry but by the steady plod of draft horses. Feeding Mars is an important contribution to the study of this essential aspect of warfare as practiced by Western powers from the Middle Ages to the Vietnam War.
It deals with logistics across a broader time span than that covered in any other work on the subject and emphasizes the various ways in which the essential materials of war have been produced, acquired, and transported to fighting forces in the field. Feeding Mars makes a major contribution to military history and sheds new light on an important, but too often overlooked, aspect of warfare.
目次
The Historiography Of Logistics * Logistics and the Aristocratic Idea of War Edward N. Luttwak * The History of Logistics and Supplying War John A. Lynn Medieval Logistics, 4001500 * Medieval Introduction * Byzantine Logistics: Problems and Perspectives Walter E. Kaegi * Logistics in Pre-Crusade Europe Bernard S. Bachrach * Naval Logistics in the Late Middle Ages: The Example of the Hundred Years War Timothy J. Runyan Early Modern Logistics, 15001815 * Early Modern IntroductionThe Logistics of Warfare at Sea in the Sixteenth Century: The Spanish Perspective John F. Guilmartin Jr * Food, Funds, and Fortresses: Resource Mobilization and Positional Warfare in the Campaigns of Louis XIV J. A. Lynn * Logistical Crisis and the American Revolution: A Hypothesis John Shy Modern Logistics, 18151991 * Modern IntroductionThe Misfire of Civil War R&D Robert V. Bruce * Forging the Trident: British Naval Industrial Logistics, 19141918 Jon Tetsuro Sumida * Deuce and a Half: Selecting U.S. Army Trucks, 19201945 Daniel R. Beaver * War Plans and Politics: Origins of the American Base of Supply in Vietnam Joel D. Meyerson * Bibliography of Logistics from the Ancient Greeks to the 1980s George Satterfield.
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