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Committing to preparedness, and the balance between ‘all of it’ and ‘just enough’

Logistics in War

This series on logistics and preparedness aimed to allow for a gross calibration of the truth; before concluding the series with a few thoughts on major shortcomings in preparing militaries for their operations, let’s recap the previous posts. ‘ Militaries must get the force balance right – and the ‘tooth to tail’ ratio is important.

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How much stuff is enough?

Logistics in War

Consequently, I read with fascinated interest David Beaumont’s recent post “ Toilet Paper and Total War ”, which unfortunately also refreshed a number of other instances in recent history where competition for limited resources to support military activities led to a series of unintended consequences.