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War Games: The Secret World of the Creators, Players, and Policy Makers Rehearsing World War III Today
by Allen, Thomas B
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0070011958
- ISBN 13
- 9780070011953
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1987. First printing. Grey-blue boards, navy cloth spine wrap, silver spine titles, fine. Pages fine. Dj fine; unclipped 19.95, protected in new clear sleeve. a solid nontechnical introduction to the development and use of military simulation. He includes abundant anecdotes and information drawn from various levels of the "war gaming hierarchy." Of particular interest is the 1982 game "Ivy League" simulating a full-scale nuclear exchange, an exercise whose details were "leaked" as a "demonstration of Washington's ability to react to a decapitating attack." Some readers will find the book alarming; others will take comfort in Allen's description of the professionalism of the strategists and their efforts to"validate" the games' results. 402 pages. Bookstore marks.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- BiblioStax
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016014
- Title
- War Games: The Secret World of the Creators, Players, and Policy Makers Rehearsing World War III Today
- Author
- Allen, Thomas B
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0070011958
- ISBN 13
- 9780070011953
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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