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Note: Links to the NWC electronic resources will work from off-site via the EZProxy for authorized users only.
(1) Via Blackboard: From Library's home page on the INTERNET,http://www.usnwc.edu/Learning-commons, select Electronic Resources A to Z from the navigation menu located under the main search box and then choose an electronic resource by title from the alphabetical list. In the pop-up window, you will be asked to choose an authentication method. Choose Blackboard and then enter your Blackboard Username and Password. OR: Log into Blackboard; click NWC Library tab near top of page; click the link for Henry E. Eccles Library, which will take you to the library homepage. Click on the Electronic Resources A-Z link to get to the alphabetical list of all of the resources.
(2) CAC option: From Library's home page on the INTERNET,http://www.usnwc.edu/Learning-commons, select Electronic Resources A to Z from the navigation menu located under the main search box and choose an electronic resource by title from the alphabetical list. In the pop-up window, you will be asked to choose an authentication method. Ensure that your CAC is in the CAC reader. Choose CAC and follow the screen directions. You will be ready to search the database you selected.
Please see a Reference Librarian for further information.
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This LibGuide provides links to the Naval War College War Gaming Department’s Web pages, as well as to sites with information on the fundamentals of war gaming, and on leadership, decision making, operational research and operations analysis in the military/defense arena.
An effort has been made to place the concept of war gaming in historical perspective, to link to the current literature, and to demonstrate the application of gaming techniques in non-military activities.
War game —
A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real life situation.
Operations research —
The analytical study of military problems undertaken to provide responsible commanders and staff agencies with a scientific basis for decision on action to improve military operations. Also called operational research; operations analysis.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 8 November 2010, as amended through 15 May 2011; Joint Publication 1-02
Kriegspiel, n.
1. A game in which blocks representing parts of armies, guns, etc., are moved about on maps. Introduced into the English army after the Franco-German War of 1870.
"General Rule (to which all others are subject): Nothing may be done contrary to what could or would be done in actual war." (p. 7)
"The essential idea has been to produce something by which any problems can be worked out with the greatest possible simulation of actuality..." (Introductory Note, p. 5)
Rules for the Jane Naval War Game (1898)
