1st Edition

The War Game Studies of the New Civilian Militarists

214 Pages

by Routledge

214 Pages

by Routledge

213 Pages

by Routledge

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War gaming has become a characteristic feature of modern life. From amateur clubs to professional academicians playing the war game in the company of military circles, we have come up against the phenomenon of the "robotization" of human life. Irving Louis Horowitz argues that those who protest the idea that war is a game do so on moral grounds that leave unanswered tough questions: What is the... Read more

Conflagration and Calculation: The War Game Reconsidered
By Howard G. Schneiderman
Preface
I The New Civilian Militarists
1 Arms, Policies, and Games
2 Tactics, Strategies, and Terror
3 Morals, Missiles, and Militarism
II Thermonuclear Peace and Its Political Equivalents
4 American Politics and Military Risks
5 The Russian Communist Theory of War
6 Peace Concern and Minority Politics
III General Theory of Conflict and Conflict Resolution
7 Struggle, Search, and Survival
8 Mini-Max: A No-Kill Alternative
9 Conflict, Consensus, and Cooperation
Games, Strategies, and Peace: A Symposium on Deterrence
Strategies of War and Principles of Peace
Acknowledgments
Subject Index
Name Index