DARK PLACES: Professional Wargaming of Dark Themes

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Examines wargames that are used to explore the darkest elements of conflict, those usually run behind closed doors and rarely, if ever, reach the public domain. Sometimes these games are part of professional military activity, sometimes part of academic research. The games in this book were carefully chosen to reduce the risk of offense and demonstrate the ways of running such games, but without using current or recent conflicts as examples. They include:

* Bosnian Mercenary: Gaming the Chaos of the Disintegration of Yugoslavia
* WMD 1945
* My Aunt's War: Civilian Experience of War
* Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Gaming Surrender
* Pickett's Charge: Using Drama
* The Button: Nuclear Decision Making
* Exercise Hard Rock: Civil Defence
* The Tank Factory: Military Management of the Economy During Wartime