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Logistics includes the planning and practice of moving "stuff" - raw materials, tools, finished products, and even people - from one place to another. From A to B is the story of modern American logistics, which will continue to shape the nation's role in this century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 b notes; bibliography; index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBW; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
Logistics includes the planning and practice of moving “stuff”—raw materials, tools, finished products, and even people—from one place to another. It carried American settlers over the sparsely populated Great Plains to connect the East Coast to the West Coast and has underpinned our domestic prosperity ever since. Logistics also solidified the global power and influence of the United States by guaranteeing our ability to rapidly reinforce Europe in the world wars, by helping us win the Cold War, and by enabling the current U.S. military to fight two wars at once. Further, logistics undergirds the world economy as swelling populations ... Read more
Logistics includes the planning and practice of moving “stuff”—raw materials, tools, finished products, and even people—from one place to another. It carried American settlers over the sparsely populated Great Plains to connect the East Coast to the West Coast and has underpinned our domestic prosperity ever since. Logistics also solidified the global power and influence of the United States by guaranteeing our ability to rapidly reinforce Europe in the world wars, by helping us win the Cold War, and by enabling the current U.S. military to fight two wars at once. Further, logistics undergirds the world economy as swelling populations ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781597975254
SKU
V9781597975254
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About David Axe
David Axe is a military correspondent living in Columbia, South Carolina. Since 2005 he has reported from the U.K., Iraq, Lebanon, Japan, East Timor, Afghanistan, Somalia, Chad, Nicaragua, Kenya, Gabon, Congo and other countries. He is a regular contributor to Voice of America, AOL, Wired and many others. David is the author of the graphic novels WAR FIX and WAR ... Read more
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