Preface v
Acknowledgments ix
List of Acronyms, Abbreviations, Terms, and Jargon xi
List of Figures xxix
Introduction: The Road Not Taken 1
PART ONE: THE HISTORY OF WARGAMING
CHAPTER ONE The Rise of Modern Wargaming: Prehistory to 1913 11
CHAPTER TWO Wargaming and the World Wars: 1905–1945 37
CHAPTER THREE Wargaming in the Cold War: 1946–1989/1991 71
CHAPTER FOUR Wargaming after the Cold War: 1990s–10 September 2001 129
CHAPTER FIVE Post-9/11 Wargaming: 2001–2011 179
CHAPTER SIX Wargaming in Transition: 2012–2016 and Beyond 219
PART TWO: TOWARD MORE-EFFECTIVE WARGAMING
CHAPTER SEVEN The Taxonomy of Wargaming 261
CHAPTER EIGHT The Utility of Wargaming 277
CHAPTER NINE Wargame Participation 291
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CHAPTER TEN Wargame Practitioners 305
CHAPTER ELEVEN Leaders and Wargaming 335
CHAPTER TWELVE Wargaming and Your Personal Objectives 351
Conclusions: Toward Peace Gaming 369
APPENDIX A
Contemporary and Historical Wargames 377
APPENDIX B Chronology 379
APPENDIX C Wargaming Organizations 387
APPENDIX D Key Contributors 403
APPENDIX E Documents 409
Selected, Annotated Bibliography 423
About the Author 425
Index 427
The Newport Papers 443
the military, parent concerned about violence in video games, voters seeking better understanding of national defense, businesspersons seeking wargame-like techniques.
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