Why Iran’s ‘ghost ships’ are making billions
How shipping works.
Logistics
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
Flexibility matters. “That flexibility becomes decisive because of what I’d argue is a real Roman equipment advantage, which isn’t really a technological advantage, per se. The only new technology the Romans are using is mail armor, which, to be fair,… Read More »Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVc: Perseus
Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
Logistics wins wars. “It is striking that while Philip V is never really fighting the Romans in this war more than 80 or so miles (as the bird flies) from the Macedonian heartland, the Romans, operating more than 500 miles… Read More »Collections: Phalanx’s Twilight, Legion’s Triumph, Part IVa: Philip V
Collections: The Preposterous Logistics of the Loot Train Battle (Game of Thrones, S7E4)
Logistics is fun. “So this army is stopped in what looks to be more or less the middle of the day. From a logistics perspective, this is a disaster. As I tell my students, pre-modern armies are like sharks, they… Read More »Collections: The Preposterous Logistics of the Loot Train Battle (Game of Thrones, S7E4)
Swiss Train System Is Crazy
And many people died building it (as most shit in the history).
Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part IV: The Cavalry Arrives
I justove how complicated logistic gets even with the simplest stuff. “One thing is missing for this army, however: spare horses. A knight does not ride to battle with a single horse, but rather with several. The war-horse is a… Read More »Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part IV: The Cavalry Arrives