Toilet Paper and Total War
03/16/2020
By David Beaumont
The lessons that prepare defence forces and government institutions for crisis responses need not come from history books.
Lessons can come from extrapolating what we witness every day; from events that capture tangible and intangible aspects of sustaining normal life.
From natural disasters to global pandemics, Australia has had a tumultuous beginning of the year.
This time has been socially, economically and politically testing. The impact of this turbulence on essentially fragile national logistics, commerce and industry capability is starkly evident and has forced the nation to consider its national resilience.
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