> American military doctrine seems to include the assumption that ... Since at least WWI, the US military has been very aware of their dependence on the indust

> American military doctrine seems to include the assumption that ... Since at least WWI, the US military has been very aware of their dependence on the industrial base: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_School_for_National_Security_and_Resource_Strategy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower_School_fo... (That I know of, their awareness of high-capacity supply line issues goes back to at least the Civil War.) Historically, the US military had a considerable industrial base of its own - arsenals, navy yards, etc. - which could manufacture anything from a pistol cartridge up to an aircraft carrier. Unfortunately, Congress shut all of that down in the later 1900's, in favor of defense contractors. Gov't-owned facilities just couldn't compete at greasing Congressional palms.