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The first apparent use of the term logistics as part of the modern science of war was by French writer A. H. Jomini in his 1838 book, The Art o f War. Jomini’s military science was based on a trinity of “strategy, ground tactics, and logistics.” Jomini defined logistics as “the practical art of moving armies,” which involved “providing for the successive arrival of convoys of supplies” and “establishing and organizing lines of supply.”