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Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II
John M. Lillard
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Description for Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBW; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
Between the First and the Second World War, the U.S. Navy used the experience it had gained in battle to prepare for future wars through simulated conflicts, or war games, at the Naval War College. In Playing War John M. Lillard analyzes individual war games in detail, showing how players tested new tactics and doctrines, experimented with advanced technology, and transformed its approaches through these war games, learning lessons that would prepare them to make critical decisions in the years to come. Recent histories of the interwar period explore how the U.S. Navy digested the impacts of World ... Read more
Between the First and the Second World War, the U.S. Navy used the experience it had gained in battle to prepare for future wars through simulated conflicts, or war games, at the Naval War College. In Playing War John M. Lillard analyzes individual war games in detail, showing how players tested new tactics and doctrines, experimented with advanced technology, and transformed its approaches through these war games, learning lessons that would prepare them to make critical decisions in the years to come. Recent histories of the interwar period explore how the U.S. Navy digested the impacts of World ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Potomac Books Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Dulles, United States
ISBN
9781612347738
SKU
V9781612347738
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About John M. Lillard
John M. Lillard is a manager at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia and an adjunct professor of history at Tidewater Community College. He served fifteen years as a naval officer, was previously an operations analyst who worked in support of numerous Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force acquisition programs, and has worked in the field of wargaming, modeling, and simulation ... Read more
Reviews for Playing War: Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations for World War II
If you have anything more than a passing interest in naval warfare - especially 20th Century naval warfare - then I readily recommend this book.
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