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{{Mediawiki[[File:kindleoasis}}{{Book InfoboxEngineeringvictory.jpg|thumbnail|left|300px|name = '''''Engineering Victory''''' |picture = Engineeringvictory.jpg|300px|Author = by Thomas F. Army, Jr. |publisher = Johns Hopkins University Press|publication-date = 2016}}]]
"The line between disorder and order lies in logistics...." -Sun Tzu
"Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics." - General Robert H. Barrow, USMC
Logistics wins win wars. Logistics is the coordination of complex operations such as moving, housing and supplying troops and their equipment. War is the ultimate test of any logistician. During the Civil War, the Union troops fought almost the entire war in the South. Thomas F. Army, Jr. argues in his new book ''[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1421419378/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1421419378&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=e4bd474b63e3826a3b2dade42c573825 Engineering Victory: How Technology Won the Civil War]'' published by [https://www.press.jhu.edu/ Johns Hopkins University Press] that the Union's engineering prowess during Civil War gave it an distinct advantage over the Confederacy. Due to a superior education system, Northern armies had individuals who could use scientific ingenuity and innovation to rapidly build and repair roads, bridges, railways. Unlike the Confederacy, the Northern armies lacked the home field advantage. Dr. Army's delves deeply into a aspect of the Civil War that most other historians have only discussed in passing.
Dr. Thomas F. Army, Jr. is an adjunct professor at Quinebaug Valley Community College.
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