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Introduction and History
of Military Logistics
You will not nd it difcult to prove that battles, campaigns, and even wars have been won or lost primarily
because of logistics.
—General Dwight D. Eisenhower
1.1 INTRODUCTION
As radio frequency identication (RFID) technology is applied to military logistics throughout this
book, it is important for readers to familiarize themselves with a short history of military logistics.
As the reader will note, in many ways, the fundamental concepts of military logistics today are
the same as they were with the rst standing armies. However, in other ways, different types of
new technology, particularl