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Toilet paper and total war – the psychology of shortages and what it means for resilience

Logistics in War

Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life. 2] Commanders and logisticians at all levels will arbitrarily increase their demands, and others will do their best to meet the new requirement. Hoarding will occur. 1] Eccles, H.,

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Whatever it takes: One woman’s story of persistence in West Darfur

World Food Programme Logistics

Photo: WFP/Isadora D’Aimmo Huda Abouh Mohamed Ali joined WFP in 2004 in West Darfur, where she is currently Field Monitor and Gender Focal Point. In the aftermath of these traumatizing events, I developed depression and heart problems and struggled to hold myself together. ‘I Was that kind of thing common?

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Limping to war

Logistics in War

– Chief of Army LTGEN Peter Leahy, 2004 [1]. Planners may have predicted the characteristics of the war before them, with capabilities ready to meet the threat, but the ability to deploy and support those forces will ultimately determine their worth. 3] Galvin, T., 4] Betts., 6] Van Creveld, M., 7] Betts.,