Infrastructure and logistics form part of the event being explained rather than preliminaries to the real history. Supplies matter before their arrival because people, ships, facilities, and organizations must move them through danger. Focusing only on battlefield effects hides both those sacrifices and the systems that made the effects possible. This methodological link unites the Liberty-ship, shipyard, and procurement books.
Notable Point · 33:26-33:50
The journey of supplies belongs in war history
Studying only the arrival or battlefield effect of supplies erases the infrastructure, transport, and sacrifice required to deliver them.