Wargames: From Gladiators to Gigabytes

Wargames: From Gladiators to Gigabytes


Yazar Martin van Creveld
Yayınevi Cambridge University Press
ISBN 9781107684423
Baskı yılı 2013
Sayfa sayısı 342
Ağırlık 0.54 kg
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Where did wargames come from? Who participated in them, and why? How is their development related to changes in real-life warfare? Which aspects of war did they capture, which ones did they leave out, how, and why? What do they tell us about the conduct o
Introduction; 1. On animals and men; 2. Games and gladiators; 3. Trials by combat, tournaments, and duels; 4. Battles, campaigns, wars, and politics; 5. From bloody games to bloodless wars; 6. Enter the computer; 7. The females of the species; 8. Conclusi