Logistics in Supplying War by Martin van Creveld

As a growing part, I was a big fan of the film and television industry. This industry is very good because it can shoot a plot and compress it into a two hour movie or a 45 minute television program regardless of facts or fiction. But the 2 hour movie or the 45 minute episode problem is that many details are missing. This allows the director and producer to decide which details are more important and in the long run it will draw attention of the audience.

Martin Van Creveld talked about this in his book "The Culture of War". According to him, the direct indifference of the leader to the army often turns armed groups obsolete and turns them into ritual games (not much different from his obsession with Russian Peter 3 and toy soldiers). The military became a performance of dogs and ponies that focused on uniforms of parades and costumes rather than efficiency. In addition, the concept of military force as a skill requiring careful study has lost veneer of cosmetics. When someone insists that they are good at cooking, they become 'playful' or they are guided as they can make scrambled eggs.

As a military historian and theorist Martin Van Cleeber said, "This country originally born in the civil war was originally a machine that forced peace and quietness." After the end of the 30 years war, 8 million Europeans Has been destroyed - and 20% of the German population - the desire for peace has been going on for nearly 3 centuries. In the latter half of the 18th century, the national state was full of nationalism from culture to politics, so eventually another war broke out. Between 1914 and 1945, the ten-year battle between states brought about the deaths of about 80 million people - Martin Van Level, who hurt the idea of ​​a national state in the eyes of many people A legacy that brought suspicion. Is this nation state a national state? An "evil system" arises because its existence creates the basis for divisions of mankind, "creating racial discrimination, exotic phobia and other unbearable differences".

According to Van Creveld's analysis, the movement of Prussian logistics and ammunition supply in 1870 can not be considered contemporary. These early developments of the military railroad were obscured by the size of the movement of the 20th century. By 1914, the size of the military railway business became huge. As Thurman said, "There is only one army for the German army - a total of 40 people - a total of 170 train cars, 965 infantry, 2,960 cavalry, 1,915 artillery and trucks, totaling 6,010 people , The same amount of supplies as 140 trains. "