Introduction; Part 1 Theory; 1.Modelling War; 2. Accuracy vs Playability; 3. The Utility of Simulations; 4. Simulation Research; Part 2 Mechanics; 5. Designing the Components; 6. Modelling Conflict Dynamics; 7. Modelling Command Dynamics; 8. Development and Playtesting; Part 3 Simulations; 9. Ancient Warfare; 10. World War Two; 11. Air Combat; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Some Basic Maths; Appendix 2: Cyberboard as a Design Tool; Index.
Philip Sabin is Professor of Strategic Studies in the Department of War Studies at King's College, London. He has worked closely with the armed services and appears regularly on TV and radio. He has also co-edited the two volume Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare.
'Brilliant. Professor Sabin has produced a masterwork, one worthy to grace bookshelves that are home to Von Reisswitz's Kriegsspiel, Wells's Little Wars, Morse and Kimball's Methods of Operations Research, and Schelling's The Strategy of Conflict. If you want to learn more about the unquestionably horrible but quintessentially human activity that is War, you need to read this book.' Dr Peter Perla, Center for Naval Analyses, Alexandria VA, author of The Art of Wargaming. 'In Simulating War Professor Sabin provides us with a scholarly and very useable toolkit that allows us to supplement the dry data of statistical analysis or computer simulation with the realities of human interaction and the play of Clausewitz's "chance". Wargaming is a neglected and misunderstood art in the modern military: this book does much to put that right, and should be on the shelf of any thinking military professional.' Brigadier Andrew Sharpe OBE, Head of Research in the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre, UK Defence Academy.
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