Supplying War Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton

Name: Supplying War Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton
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ISBN: 9780521297936

ISBN-10: 0521297931

ISBN-13: 9780521297936

Edition: N/A

Authors: Martin van Creveld

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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 Drawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, Martin van Creveld examines the 'nuts and bolts' of war: namely, those formidable problems of movement and supply,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…

Book details

List price: $31.99
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 12/12/1979
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 295
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Introduction



The background of two centuries



'An army marches on its stomach!'



When demigods rode rails



The wheel that broke



Russian roulette



Sirte to Alamein



War of the accountants



Logistics in perspective