Logistics

by Deborah Cowen

LogisticsLogistics refers to logistics of business and logistics of war. Logistics has been dealt with as a pure technical problem of moving products not only in common sense but also in academic research on logistics. If so, is this book about two areas - war and business? From the conclusion, this book does not belong anywhere. This is true even though it covers both areas. This book is not a book about circulation technology, nor a book about war alcohol. The author argues that logistics is not a purely technical means but a "totally political" project, and treats logistics as a central problem in the modern world. This book is not about the improvement of distribution technology or war alcohol, but about the violence of global social factories formed through logistics. The author moves from the logistics of war to the business logistics that underwent the revolution, and the social war carried out by todays logistics, which is a mixture of war liquor and business liquor, is not merely a metaphor, but an alternative.

Paperback

Published January 22, 2017

About the author

Deborah Cowen is associate professor of geography at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Military Workfare: The Soldier and Social Citizenship in Canada.