Wargames: Winning and Losing.

From: Parameters | Date: March 22, 2001| Author: HAFFA , ROBERT P., Jr.; PATTON, JAMES H., Jr. | Copyright information

"There are experts of land, sea and air warfare. But as yet there are no experts of warfare. And warfare is a single entity, having a common purpose."

-- Giulio Douhet [1]

The wargames currently being played by the US armed services have come to resemble the most recent engagement of those military forces in live combat in Kosovo: the good guys win convincingly and no one gets hurt. However, before we laud the ability of the services first to simulate a warfi...

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