| Introduction: Logistics Innovation in the Stories of Joseph and Noah | |
| Part I: Transport Logistics Past | |
| Chapter 1 | Building the Great Pyramid: Ancient Supply Chains on the Nile |
| Chapter 2 | Hannibal: Pioneering Alpine Transport |
| Chapter 3 | The Great Wall and the Forbidden City: Chinese Innovation in Transport Logistics |
| Chapter 4 | Two Revolutions and Their Impact on Transport Logistics Today |
| The Maritime Revolution, c 1400-1700
The Industrial Revolution, c 1700-1900 |
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| Chapter 5 | “Make the Dirt Fly:” Digging the Panama Canal |
| Chapter 6 | Success and Failure in the Sky |
| The German Airlift at Stalingrad in
World War II The Berlin Airlift: Transport Logistics as a Foreign Policy Tool |
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| Chapter 7 | D-Day: Planning Meets Improvisation |
| Chapter 8 | Relocating The Temples of Abu Simbel |
| Chapter 9 | The Falklands (Malvinas) War: A Fresh Look at an Old Conflict |
| Chapter 10 | The Dot Com Earthquake: Clicks, Bricks, and a Logistics Fiasco |
| Part II: Transport Logistics Present | |
| Chapter 11 | The Globalization of Transport in the Twentieth Century |
| Chapter 12 | The Changing Role of the Freight Forwarder |
| Chapter 13 | Securing Global Trade Lanes: Preventing the Tools of Trade and Transport from Becoming the Tools of Terror |
| Chapter 14 | Regional Challenges in Trade and Transport |
| Egypt India China South Africa Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
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| Chapter 15 | Humanitarian Logistics: Toward a Permanent State of Readiness |
| Part III: Predictions | |
| Chapter 16 | Transport Machines of the Future: Economic Mobilization Through Transport Logistics |
| Chapter 17 | The Freight Logistics Provider of the Future: In the Business of Information? |
| Chapter 18 | New Fuels for the Future |
| Chapter 19 | Railways: Transport Solution for Africa and the Middle East |
| Chapter 20 | Training and Professional Development: The Cultures of Quality, Security, and Innovation |
| Chapter 21 | Transport Logistics: Building on a Strong Foundation |
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