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This article outlines the process that can lead from present or future technological promise to ready and palpable fighting advantage, seeing its management as an expression of the connection between the logic of politics and the grammar of the means of force. A historical illustration brings to mind some things worth thinking about. Adapted from the source document.

This article assesses the existing literature on logistics in war, concluding that there is no satisfactory conceptual definition of logistics. It proposes a concept of logistics derived from Clausewitz's theory of war to fill that void. This is presented as a derivation because Clausewitz's distinction between (1) the use of the fighting forces (tactics & strategy) & (2) all other activities in war that were required so that forces could be taken as a given. The latter, left unnamed by Clausewitz, corresponds to a concept of logistics that proves to be an analytical peer to Clausewitz's categories of politics, tactics & strategy. Adapted from the source document.