Feeding Mars
logistics in Western warfare from the Middle Ages to the present
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Author
Contributions
- Lynn, John A. 1943- - Contributor
Publication
1993 - Westview Press, Boulder, Colo, Colorado
Language
English
Word Count
81,500 words, Guess
Page Count
326 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1724024M
- ISBN-100813317169
- OCLC Control Number502535788
- OCLC Control Number26307640
- Internet Archivefeedingmarslogis0000unse
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- Library of Congress Control Number92027652
- Goodreads3735300
- LibraryThing21936
Classifications
- DDC355.4/11/09
- LCCU168 .F44 1993
Description
The essays in this book are a contribution to the study of the logistics of warfare as practiced by Western powers from medieval times to the Vietnam War. The tools of war demand huge quantities of fodder, fuel, ammunition and food -- 'feeding Mars' -- all of which must be produced, transported, and distributed to contending forces in the field. This book deals with the unglamorous and often-neglected topic of logistics, emphasizing the ways in which the essential materials of war have been produced, acquired, and distributed across a wide range of battlefields.
Subjects
Series Statement
- History and warfare
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