Literature and Reading

  • Every logistician must write

    By David Beaumont. Logistics in War has been online for two years. This post, shared with the Australian Army’s ‘Cove’, gives three reasons why military professionals should write. It is based upon experiences learned from those eighteen months. The three… Continue reading

    Every logistician must write
  • Every logistician must write

    By David Beaumont. Logistics in War has been online for nearly one and a half years. This post, shared with the Australian Army’s ‘Cove’, gives three reasons why military professionals should write. It is based upon experiences learned from those… Continue reading

    Every logistician must write
  • Have a spare 30 minutes?

    By David Beaumont. Joe Byerly, in an excellent post at his blog ‘From the Green Notebook’, reminds us of the importance of continual reading. He promotes 20-30 minutes of reading in a day (or night) as part of a ‘consistent… Continue reading

    Have a spare 30 minutes?
  • Intellectual irrelevance and the ownership of military logistics

    By David Beaumont. This post is an update of a popular post from the #LIWArchives. The professionalisation of logisticians is a topic that has once again emerged, as strategic-level organisations in a number of different militaries seek to improve, and… Continue reading

    Intellectual irrelevance and the ownership of military logistics
  • Intellectual irrelevance and the ownership of military logistics

    By David Beaumont The professionalisation of logisticians is a topic that has once again emerged, as strategic-level organisations in a number of different militaries seek to improve, and ‘intellectualise’, military logistics.  The desire for ‘intellectualisation’ appeals to one of the… Continue reading

    Intellectual irrelevance and the ownership of military logistics
  • Have a spare 30 minutes?

    By David Beaumont. Joe Byerly, in an excellent post at his blog ‘From the Green Notebook’, reminds us of the importance of continual reading. He promotes 20-30 minutes of reading in a day (or night) as part of a ‘consistent… Continue reading

    Have a spare 30 minutes?