Logistics and National Security
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Logistics mainly involves the management of physical distribution systems. The first significant applications of logistics were developed in the military sector. Modern military operations require constant mobility and consume large amounts of supplies. Although military logistics first developed in the Nineteenth Century (O’Sullivan and Miller, 1983), it was in World War II that logistics theory and practice became sophisticated. As a conflict that was truly global and carried out with an unprecedented deployment of personnel, equipment and supplies, logistics played a central role in ensuring success for the Allies.
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