The Generals: American Military Command From World War II to Today
by Thomas E. Ricks · 14 Oct 2012 · 812pp · 180,057 words
that, it would go under,” commented an Air Force officer. “Ours did,” an Army infantry major responded. There is an old military saying that amateurs talk tactics, while professionals talk logistics. In fact, real insiders talk about personnel policy, which as they know shapes the American military to a surprising extent. Even had the Vietnam War
Four Battlegrounds
by Paul Scharre · 18 Jan 2023
, or process automation—are back-office functions to support military operations, but that doesn’t mean they are unimportant. A common military aphorism is that “amateurs talk tactics; professionals talk logistics.” The vast majority of what the DoD does on a daily basis isn’t actually warfighting. It’s moving people and things from point A
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.ai.mil/blog_05_14_20-mi_business_process_transformation_mission.html. 206“amateurs talk tactics”: “Where does the quote of ‘Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics’ come from? Is it true or not?” Quora, June 20, 2019, https://www.quora.com/Where-does-the-quote-of-Amateurs-talk-strategy-professionals-talk-logistics-come-from-Is-it-true-or-not. 207precision-guided weapons: Barry D
Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1968
by Thomas E. Ricks · 3 Oct 2022 · 482pp · 150,822 words
on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. But what does that mean? Inside the military, everyone knows logistics is vital. As an old saying puts it, “Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.” But there is rarely any drama to logistics. The better it goes, the less outside attention it receives. There are few, if any, heroic films
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, Pillar of Fire, 102. King was even thinking about conducting sit-ins: Jones, The March on Washington, 167. 7. The March on Washington, Mid-1963 “Amateurs talk tactics”: See, for example, Barrett Tillman, D-Day Encyclopedia: Everything You Want to Know About the Normandy Invasion (Regnery, 2014). Etappenschweine: David Moore, “Logistics,” in The
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
by Parag Khanna · 18 Apr 2016 · 497pp · 144,283 words
their borders, but what matters are which lines they control: trade routes and cross-border infrastructures. All great strategists know the importance of the saying “Amateurs talk strategy; professionals talk logistics.” Empires have always focused on infrastructure as a tool of extending influence. The Romans and the Ottomans built sturdy roads stretching far from their capitals
The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008
by Thomas E. Ricks · 14 Oct 2009 · 509pp · 153,061 words
way they were treated today might shape the country’s policies in the future, he warned. SURGING THE IRAQIS An old military aphorism holds that amateurs talk tactics, but professionals talk logistics. In fact, real military insiders often focus on larger personnel issues—raising, training, and equipping the force—because that is the key to long
An Edible History of Humanity
by Tom Standage · 30 Jun 2009 · 282pp · 82,107 words
food and fuel has resurfaced in the present, but it belongs in the past. PART V FOOD AS A WEAPON 9 THE FUEL OF WAR Amateurs talk tactics, but professionals talk logistics. —ANONYMOUS The fate of Europe and all further calculations depend upon the question of food. If only I have bread, it will be child
On Her Majesty's Nuclear Service
by Eric Thompson · 18 Apr 2018 · 379pp · 118,576 words
Naval Lost Property but was actually the Directorate of Naval Logistic Planning. As any half-qualified warmonger will tell you: when it comes to war, amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics. DNLP was the Planning Directorate for Fleet Support, one of the largest organisations in the entire Defence establishment. The Chief of Fleet Support managed the