Van creveld 5 march 1946 israeli military historian and theorist. Books by martin van creveld author of supplying war. Review of the transformation of war by martin van creveld. At a time when unprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to reassess the question of whether military solutions to political problems are possible any longer, martin van creveld has written an audacious searching examination of the nature of war and of its radical transformation in our own time.
At a time when unprecedented change in international affairs is forcing governments, citizens, and armed forces everywhere to reassess the question of whether. Masculinity and human nature how martin van crevelds values. However, when he wasnt criticizing clausewitz, van crevelds analysis was fantastic. Combat service support css, like all other battlefield operating systems, is commanders business. Martin van creveld on men, women and war scholarship. Logistics from wallenstein to patton, second edition. In 1971 he joined the faculty of the hebrew university where he is now professor emeritus. The seminar, intended both for complete novices in securitystrategymilitary affairs and for doctoral researchers with some knowledge in. To illustrate his thesis, creveld gives an excellent overview of the history of war in the following chapters. This is a reading guide for the book supplying war by martin van creveld. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its development over two thousand years from ancient greece to vietnam.
Many people view martin van crevelds views on the nature of warfare in the twentieth century to be radical and. Martin van creveld has 54 books on goodreads with 98 ratings. The art of war the art of war war and military thoughtmartin van creveld general editor. Supplying war logistics from wallenstein to patton. Martin van creveld is a professor in the department of history at the hebrew university, jersualem. Logistics from wallenstein to patton by martin van. He is the author of 22 books on military history and strategy, of which command in war 1985 supplying war. Commanders view operations and css as interdependent. On technology and war 2 posted on january 4, 2018 by martin van creveld in last weeks post i addressed the following question. The transformation of war martin van creveld clausewitz was wrong.
Logistics from wallenstein to patton 8580000716573. Martin van creveld supplying war although several logistics command and control c2 difficulties were encountered during the gulf war, this paper focuses on three that are interrelated and can be corrected. The transformation of war octoberdecember 2011 pascal vennesson tuesday 8h4510h45 room 2 pascal. Logistics from wallenstein to patton, martin van creveld examines war from a much deeper logistical perspective, offering a fascinating new view on the lessons to be learned from these campaigns. As so often happens, i skimmed this book and put it aside last fall when it was assigned reading. Cambridge university press for maps 7 and from supplying war by martin van creveld. This is the idea that much of van crevelds book leads up to. To get started, crack open your copy of supplying war or buy one via the link in the nav bar, open up to the introduction, and click on the link to the introduction section.
From time immemorial questions of supply have gone. Logistics from wallenstein to patton by martin van creveld. My purpose in writing this guide was to make it easier for other marines to read and understand this book, especially the many marines who dont do a lot of heavy reading. Van creveld, an excellent historian, covers all of these notions carefully with copious notes. Van crevelds actual conclusion, that war is an end in itself, is not supported by the claims he makes. Given that the networks that supply war by necessity carry out their. First edition hb 1977 drawing on a very wide rang of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, martin van creveld examines the nuts and bolts of war.
I wish that the work were revised in light of vietnam, the arabisraeli war, the falklands war, and most of. An overview by martin van creveld hebrew university, jerusalem the views expressed in this and other papers associated with the nic 2020 project are those of individual participants. Lessons of combat, from the marne to iraq, 2007, etc. Van creveld has been married twice and has three children.
Il libro supplying war di martin van creveld e una analisi della logistica dalla guerra dei trentanni xviii secolo alla seconda guerra mondiale xx secolo. Cambridge university press 0521837448 supplying war. Current armies are illprepared for low intensity wars. Part ii speaks of the nonutilitarian factors that act as the driving forces of war, which in many ways represent the true origin. Author of supplying war, the changing face of war, supplying war, fighting power, technology and war, countering modern terrorism, the culture of war, on future war. In a lengthy but never boring volume, prolific military historian van creveld historyhebrew univ the changing face of war. This books thesis is that the clausewitzian view of war is outdated and inoperable. The culture of war, by martin van creveld the new york. Logistics from wallenstein to patton 2 by creveld, martin van isbn. Martin van creveld has written a work that is rich in facts, provocative, and easy to read. Traditional books on military history provide only a superficial study of the role logistics played in historys most noted campaigns. Css is an enabling operation that generates and sustains combat power for employment in shaping and decisive operations at the time and place the. Costly withdrawal is the price to be paid for a foolish war martin van creveld, a professor of military history at the hebrew university, is author of transformation of war free press, 1991. Supplying war, covers the logistical side of the war from some fast moving armies from the 17th century, wwi, the eastern front, to d day.
Martin van creveld, professor of history at hebrew university, jerusalem, is one of the bestknown experts on military history and strategy. On technology and war 3 posted on january 11, 2018 by martin van creveld two weeks ago i tried to answer the question, how to use militarytechnological superiority when one has attained it. He has written seventeen books, which have been translated into fourteen languages. He is the author of seventeen books on military history and strategy, of which command in war 1985, supplying war. Costly withdrawal is the price to be paid for a foolish. Many books have been written about strategy, tactics, and great commanders. In theory, war is simply a means to an end, a rational, if very brutal, activity intended to serve the interests of one group of people by killing, wounding, or otherwise incapacitating those. Logistics from wallenstein to patton martin van creveld on. Martin van creveld is the author of twenty books on these subjects, the most important of which are. Logistics from wallenstein to patton 1977, 2nd edition 2004 the transformation of war 1991 the rise and decline of the state 1999 the sword. Liked his chapters on wwi, the schlieffen plan, and laid the wehrmact failure of supply out east directly on the okh. Logistics in supplying war by martin van creveld 123 help me. Hastings creates a riveting portrayal of combat largely overlooked until now that serves as both a warning and a lesson for operational and strategic leaders.
A critical history of the israeli defense force 2002, air power and manoeuvre warfare 2002 and transformation of war 1991. Pdf martin van creveld on men women and war robert. A definitive treatment of the theory and philosophy of war by a leading military historian. In view of rapid militarytechnological development that affects every aspect of war, how to best use militarytechnological superiority in order to win. The art of war war and military thought pdf free download. A great work for the serious and specialist reader but should also appeal to the military history buff. Logistics from wallenstein to patton 1977, 2nd edition 2004, the transformation of war 1991, the sword and the olive 1998 and the rise and. It offers plenty of material for discussion, and not by feminists alone. Martin van creveld, supplying war, cambridge university press, 1977, p. Drawing on a very wide range of unpublished and previously unexploited sources, martin van creveld examines the nuts and bolts of war. Logistics from wallenstein to patton 1977, 2nd edition 2004, the transformation of war 1991, the sword and the. Buy a cheap copy of the transformation of war book by martin van creveld. In the introduction to the transformation of war, martin van creveld states that.
I actually disagree with the thesis i think van crevelds view of clausewitz was too narrow. Van creveld is the author of thirtythree books on military history, strategy, and other topics, of which command in war 1985, supplying war. This is the first book to deal exclusively with the nature of command itself, and to trace its pages. While both those writers took a broad analytical view of what war is about and how to wage it, neither lived to see the era of fully. Martin van crevelds most popular book is supplying war. Van creveld, harvard university press, 1985, 0674144414, 9780674144415, 339 pages. Chapter two by whom war is fought shows that the so called trinitarian war as a unity of people, state and army only dates from the time of clausewitz.
Or, if he wasnt wrong then, hes wrong now because the world has changed, and so has war. The transformation of war book by martin van creveld. I wish that the work were revised in light of vietnam, the arabisraeli war, the falklands war, and most of all, the iraqi war. In this edition with a new introduction, van creveld revisits his nowclassic text, and comments in a new afterword on the role of logistics in hightech, modern warfare. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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