The classic text, U.S. Navy Fundamentals of War Gaming , provides an in-depth introduction to the basics of military gaming and offers historical insights into the development of war gaming methodologies. It covers the evolution of gaming tools such as ancient adaptations of chess and the development of Kriegspiel to teach military tactics to Prussian officers. The employment of gaming by various military powers, before and during the World Wars, is explored and culminates with the introduction of computer support and ...
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The classic text, U.S. Navy Fundamentals of War Gaming , provides an in-depth introduction to the basics of military gaming and offers historical insights into the development of war gaming methodologies. It covers the evolution of gaming tools such as ancient adaptations of chess and the development of Kriegspiel to teach military tactics to Prussian officers. The employment of gaming by various military powers, before and during the World Wars, is explored and culminates with the introduction of computer support and simulations in the U.S. Navy. Also presented is a comprehensive treatment of the various forms of war gaming, from manual games to computer-assisted games; from one-sided to multi-sided games; and from free-play games to rigid-style games. McHugh addresses every aspect of gaming imaginable, including data requirements, design, execution, and analysis. Even the use of probabilistic tables to emulate stochastic processing and the use of flow diagrams for decisions are included. McHugh was a member of the Naval War College staff when that institution became the forerunner of all U.S. military services for applying gaming technology to educate officers and to evaluate tactical situations, operations, and strategy. He traces the history of gaming at the College from Lt.William McCarty Little in the late 1800s to the employment of the NEWS (Naval Electronic Warfare Simulator) in the twentieth century. Skyhorse Publishing is proud to publish a range of books for readers interested in military tactics and skills. We publish content provided by or of interest to the U.S. Army, Army Rangers, the U.S. Navy, Navy SEALs, the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Department of Defense. Our books cover topics such as survival, emergency medicine, weapons, guns, weapons systems, hand-to-hand combat, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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Very good. Ex-library. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 238 p. US Army Survival. Audience: General/trade. U.S. Navy fundamentals of war gaming 1 reviews Author: Francis J. McHugh (Author) Summary: Offers a historical perspective on military gaming and the evolution of the tools and tactics used in ancient times up through modern computer simulations and includes examples of one-and multi-sided games as well as free-play and rigid-style games Print Book, English, 2013 Edition: View all formats and editions Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc., New York, 2013 Genre: History Physical Description: xiii, 238 pages: illustrations; 23 cm ISBN: 9781620876411, 1620876418 OCLC Number / Unique Identifier: 816030240 Subjects: Art et science militaires Games of strategy (Mathematics) Games of strategy (Mathematics) History History Jeux de guerre Jeux de guerre Histoire Jeux de guerre Prise de de?cision Jeux de strate?gie (Mathe?matiques) Histoire Military Science Military art and science War games War games Decision making War games Design War games History Additional Physical Form Entry: Reproduction of (manifestation): Fundamentals of war gaming. McHugh, Francis J., 1908-2005. 3992503 Contents: Introduction to war games History of war games Rules, procedures, and data Manual games The NEWS and NEWS gaming Computers and computer games Appendix A: Chance devices Appendix B: Probability distributions Appendix C: A glossary of war gaming terms Appendix D: References
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