Van Creveld, Martin,  1946- <br/><br/>
Supplying War :  Logistics from Wallenstein to Patton / 
Martin Van Creveld. 
 - 1st pbk. ed. 
 - viii, 284 p :  maps ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-249) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. The background of two centuries -- The tyranny of plunder -- Rise of the magazine system -- The age of linear warfare -- 'An umbilical cord of supply'? -- 2. "An army marches on its stomach!' -- The end of siege warfare -- Boulogne to Austerlitz -- Many roads to Moscow -- 3. When demigods rode rails -- Supply from Napoleon to Moltke -- A joker in the pack -- Railways againt [sic] France -- Logistics of the armed horde -- Did wheels roll for victory? -- 4. The wheel that broke -- State of the art -- Logistics of the Schlieffen plan -- The plan modified -- Logistics during the campaign of the Marne -- State of the railroads -- Strength and reinforcement of the right wing -- 5. Russian roulette -- Problems of the semi-motorized army -- Planning for 'Barbarossa' -- Leningrad and the Dnieper -- 'Storm to the gates of Moscow'? -- 6. Sirte to Alamein -- Desert complications -- Rommel's first offensive -- 1942: Annus Mirabilis -- Supply and operations in Africa -- 7. War of the accountants -- The pitfalls of planning -- Normandy to the Seine -- 'Broad front' or 'knifelike thrust'? -- 8. Logistics in perspective. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>052121730X 0521297931 9780521297936 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>77005550  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>011664559  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Logistics--History.<br/>Military art and science--History.<br/>Military history, Modern.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>U168  / .V26