The 'Games' War Theorists Play.

Abstract

This study proposes a research design that uses a game of strategy to further explore whether certain game proclivities can provide insights to the study of strategic culture. It does this by gaming' the players of different types of games against each other. The conclusions are preliminary ones and the study ends with an outline of a proposal for empirical research to test the potential this has of informing decision makers about dynamics of certain types of strategies that they may encounter in the future.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 13, 1997
Accession Number
ADA327192

Entities

People

  • Gary J. Tocchet

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil War
  • Game Theory
  • Geography
  • Human Behavior
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Naval Warfare
  • Recreation
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • War Games
  • Warfare
  • Zero-Sum Games

Readers

  • Game Theory.
  • Systems Analysis and Design