A Retrospective Look at Some Strategy and Force Evaluation Games.
Abstract
The report documents the history of SAFE (Strategy and Force Evaluation), a two-sided manual force posture planning game played at Rand six times in 1962, and compares the ten-year U.S. and SU postures generated with those that actually occurred. SAFE was played for orientation purposes, not forecasting. SAFE included no role-playing and no attempt to simulate bureaucratic games or lag times, but only to develop the rational strategic consequences of given policies, budgets, and (limited) intelligence information. Suggestions for an improved, semiautomated strategic planning game are given. A SAFE bibliography is appended.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA018527
Entities
People
- E. W. Paxson
- T. A. Brown
Organizations
- RAND Corporation