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Not bad for a bunch of wargamers

Started by Pseudoephedrine, August 05, 2008, 07:31:19 PM

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Pseudoephedrine

August 05, 2008, 07:31:19 PM
http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2008/07/military-advantage-in-history.pdf

The authors are a bunch of wargamers (who also happen to work for the US military). It was written for the US military as a report on how to maintain its great power status over the long run. Interesting on its own, and neat as an example of how one can use wargames IRL.
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KenHR

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August 06, 2008, 12:03:41 AM
Mark Herman has long been a consultant for the military.  His games are top-notch.  Empire of the Sun is a masterpiece of recent vintage.

Thanks for sharing this!
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August 11, 2008, 02:51:03 AM
...Why are most technical .pdfs hard to read, visually?
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