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Wargaming Waterloo / Charles J. Esdaile.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Esdaile, Charles J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War games--Decision making.
- Games of strategy (Mathematics).
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.
- War games.
- Belgium--Waterloo.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (336 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Quantico, Virginia : Marine Corps University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Wargaming-the simulation of complex war situations-is becoming increasingly more relevant to political and military discourse as U.S. armed forces lean more heavily on it as a training tool to hone warfighters' decision-making skills and to shape defense plans and policies. And while wargaming can be useful for informing predictions of future military conflicts, it is also an excellent tool for understanding past conflicts. Wargaming Waterloo explores three key aspects of wargaming as a practice by focusing on the iconic battle that led to Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat in 1815. A longtime subject of both fascination and controversy, the Battle of Waterloo presents particular problems as a board, map, or tabletop wargame and also poses a serious research question: just how good a chance did Napoleon have at victory when he confronted the Duke of Wellington at Mont-Saint-Jean and how would the strategic situation have to be different to enable Napoleon to prevail?"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The history and development of wargames
- The Waterloo campaign and hte battle
- The march of the miniatures : fighting Waterloo with model soldiers
- How many hexes to Hougoumont? Waterloo by board game
- Historical hexagons (1) : grand tactics
- Historical hexagons (2) : operations
- Historical hexagons (3) : strategy
- Historical hexagons (4) : fantasy
- Some thoughts on the wargame as a research tool.
- Notes:
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Description based on print version record.
- OCLC:
- 1369572432
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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