Interwar-Period Gaming Today for Conflicts Tomorrow: Press Start to Play

Abstract

Wargaming is a relatively inexpensive, yet powerful tool that offers creative solutions to complex problems. Current senior US defense leaders should look to wargamings best practices particularly German, Japanese, and American games between the First and Second World Wars to shed light on an uncertain future featuring evolving adversaries, emerging concepts, and untested capabilities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 11, 2016
Accession Number
AD1021719

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People

  • Jeffrey W. Wong

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Birds
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • International Relations
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Navy
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • War Games
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design