Feeding victory : innovative military logistics from Lake George to Khe Sanh /

Feeding Victory examines the impact of technological change on military logistics across time and over critical battlefronts. Jobie Turner explores how the relationship between technology, logistics and warfare has changed from the age of sail to the invention of nuclear power, and answers questions...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Turner, Jobie (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Series:	Modern war studies.
Subjects:	Logistics > History. Logistics > Technological innovations > United States > Case studies. United States > Armed Forces > Transportation > History > 20th century. United States > History, Military > Case studies.

Table of Contents:

Conestoga versus canoes : Lake George, 1755-1759
Steam on steam in 1917 : the Western Front
Saving starvation : the Battle for Guadacanal, 1942-1943
Summer and winter on the Soviet steppes : Stalingrad, 1942-1943
Khe Sanh, 1967-1968 : The triumph of the narrative.