Return to Bibliography ListAllen, Thomas B. War Games: The
Secret World of the Creators, Players, and Policy Makers
Rehearsing World War III Today. New Yorrk, McGraw-Hill
Book Co, 1987. 402 p.
Chapter 6, Playing Pearl Harbor and Other Games, pp 115-140.
Book call no.: 355.48 A431w
Brewer, Garry D. and Shubik, Martin. The
War Game: A Critique of Military Problem Solving.
Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1979. 385 p.
Chapter Two, War Games in the Past: A History of War Games, pp
45-57. The Recent Development of War Gaming, pp 58-74. Notes, pp
339-367.
Book call no.: 355.5 B847w
Gush, George and Finch, Andrew. A
Guide to Wargaming. New York, Hippocrene Books, 1980.
257 p.
Wargames History, pp 21-24. Select Bibliography of Wargaming
Books, pp 250-252.
Book call no.: 355.5 G982g
Hausrath, Alfred H. Venture
Simulation in War, Business, and Politics. New York,
McGraw-Hill, 1971. 398 p.
Selected Bibliography, pp 321-375.
Book call no.: 355.5 H376v
McHugh, Francis J. Fundamentals of
War Gaming. 3rd Edition. Newport, RI, U.S. Naval War
College, Mar 1966. 1 vol.
History of War Games, pp 2-1/2-58. Appendix D: References, pp
D-1/D-9.
Book call no.: 359.5 N318m 1966
Perla, Peter P. The Art of
Wargaming: A Guide for Professionals and Hobbyists.
Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1990. 364 p.
Part I - Perspectives: 1. The Birth of the Wargame. 2. Wargaming
and the U.S. Naval War College. 3. Wargaming After the War.
Book call no.: 355.48 P451a
Prados, John. Pentagon Games:
Wargames and the American Military. New York, Harper
& Row, 1987. 81 p.
"...account begins with a survey of the history of wargames
and then focuses on their use by the American military in the
years since World War II."
Book call no.: 355.48 P896p
Quarrie, Bruce. Beginners' Guide to
Wargaming. Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Patrick
Stephens, 1987. 136 p.
The Origins of Wargaming, pp 6-8.
Book call no.: 793.9 Q1
Shubik, Martin. Games for Society,
Business and War: Towards a Theory of Gaming. New York,
Elsevier, 1975. 371 p.
Chapter 12, Some Specific Games and Their Uses (Military Models,
Simulations and Games): A Historical Sketch, pp 279-280.
Book call no.: 658.4035 S562g
Vlahos, Michael. The Blue Sword:
The Naval War College and the American Mission, 1919-1941.
Newport, RI, Naval War College Press, 1980. 214 p. (Historical
Monograph Series no.4)
War Games: Origin at Newport, role of McCarty Little in, pp
131-132. Role of the war game in indoctrination of operational
ethos, pp 141-142; 160-161. Structure of game play, Maneuver
Rules, pp 133. Texture of game play, pp 137-140.
Book call no.: 359.071173 V865b
Wargame Design: The History,
Production and Use of Conflict Simulation Games Including a New,
Completely-Updated Comprehensive Wargame Directory, by
the Staff of Strategy & Tactics Magazine. New York,
Hippocrene Books, 1983. 216 p. (Strategy & Tactics Staff
Study no.2)
Section I: The History of Wargaming--Military Wargames, pp 2-9.
Book call no.: 793.9 W274
Wilson, Andrew. The Bomb and the
Computer: Wargaming from Ancient Chinese Mapboard to Atomic
Computer. New York, Delacorte Press, 1968. 218 p.
Chapter 1. The Prussian Legacy: pp 1-20. War Gaming in Antiquity;
War Chess; Helwig's Game; Viturinus; Opitz; Origins of Modern War
Games; Von Reisswitz; Emergence of "Free" War Games;
Spenser Wilkinson; Early American Games; Livermore; W.M. Little
at the U.S. Naval War College.
Book call no.: 355.5 W746b
Young, Peter (Brig) and Lawford, J. P.
(LtCol). Charge! Or How To Play War Games.
London, Morgan-Grampian Ltd, 1967. 122 p.
War-Gaming--the Origins, pp 3-9.
Book call no.: 355.5 Y75c
Zimmerman, Carroll L. Insider at
SAC: Operations Analysis Under General LeMay. Manhattan,
KS, Sunflower University Press, 1988. 166 p.
See Index under subject, War Games.
Book call no.: 358.420973 Z73i
Johns Hopkins University. Operations
Research Office. Strategic Division. History and
Bibliography of War Gaming, by John P. Young. Bethesda,
MD, Apr 1957. 43 p. (Staff Paper ORO-SP-13)
A Brief History of War Gaming, pp 1-29. Bibliography--War Games,
pp 31-43.
Doc. call no.: M-U 35044-7 no.13 BLHistory
Johns Hopkins University. Operations
Research Office. Tactics Division. A Survey of Historical
Developments in War Games, by John P. Young. Bethesda,
MD, Mar 1959. 116 p. (Staff Paper ORO-SP-98)
Bibliographic References, pp 107-116.
Doc. call no.: M-U 35044-7 no.98
Rosenwald, Robert A. (Maj, USA). Operational
Art and the Wargame: Play Now or Pay Later. Fort
Leavenworth, KS, Jun 1990. 71 p. (US Army Command and General
Staff College. School of Advanced Military Studies. Monograph)
Historical Analysis, pp12-22.
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 R816o
Barber, James A., Jr. (CDR). The School
of Naval Warfare. Naval War College Review 21:89-96
Apr '69.
Contributions of the College: War Games, p 90.
Buell, Thomas B. (LCDR). Admiral Raymod
A. Spruance and the Naval War College. Naval War
College Review pt 1, Preparing for World War II. 23:30-51 Mar
'71; pt 2, From Student to Warrior. 23:29-53 Apr '71.
The War Games, pt 1, pp 37-48. The War Games Concluded, pt 2, pp
35-38.
Crowl, Philip A. Education Versus
Training at the Naval War College: 1884-1972. Naval
War College Review 26:2-10 Nov-Dec '73.
"The trend toward technicism was reinforced by the
introduction of war games to the War College curriculum..,"
pp 5-6.
Deems, Paul S. (Col). War Gaming and
Exercises. Air University Quarterly Review 9:98-126
Winter '56-'57.
Origins of War Gaming, pp 99-106
Greenberg, Abe (CAPT). An Outline of
Wargaming. Naval War College Review 34:93-97 Sep-Oct
'81.
A chronology of wargaming. Bibliographic notes, p 97.
Hattendorf, John B. (LT). Technology and
Strategy: A Study in the Professional Thought of the U.S. Navy,
1900-1916. Naval War College Review 24:25-48 Nov '71.
The beginnings of war gaming, pp 29-33.
Hjalmarson, J. K. (Maj). The Development
of War Games. Canadian Army Journal 15:4-10 Winter
'61.
"The author has traced the evolution of the art of
war-gaming through its various stages from ancient times, when it
was truly a "game" played for the sake of
entertainment, to the present day in which it has emerged as a
practical and versatile tool."
Lee, David B. (LtCol,USAF). War
Gaming--Thinking for the Future. Airpower Journal
4:40-51 Summer '90.
History of War Gaming, pp41-44.
Little, W McCarty (CAPT). The Strategic
Naval War Game or Chart Maneuver. U.S. Naval
Institute Proceedings 38:1213-1233 Dec 1912.
Matute, Edgardo B. Maj Argentine Army. Birth
and Evolution of War Games Military Review 50:49-56
Jul '70.
McHugh, Francis J. Eighty Years of War
Gaming (Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island). Naval
War College Review 21:88-90 Mar '69.
McHugh, Francis J. Gaming at the Naval
War College. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
90:48-55 Mar '64.
A review of 70 years of wargaming at the Naval War College,
Newport, Rhode Island.
Nicolosi, Anthony S. The Spirit of
McCarty Little. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
110:72-80 Sep '84.
"...in addition to serving as librarian and preparing maps
and charts for (CAPT Alfred Thayer) Mahan's lectures, McCarty
Little delivered lectures on war gaming, a subject in which he
would develop a high expertise and reputation. Just what piqued
McCarty Little's interest in war gaming is not known. But, that
he inaugurated it at the Naval War College is certain."
Rosenberg, David A. Being
"Red": The Challenge of Taking the Soviet Side in War
Games at the Naval War College. Naval War College
Review 41:81-93 Winter '88.
War gaming introduced at the Naval War College a century ago...,
pp 82-85.
Sterne, Theodore E. War Games: What They
Are and How They Evolved. Army pt 1, 16:40-46 Mar
'66; pt 2, 16:64-68 Apr '66; pt 3, 16:72-77 May '66.
Chess Kriegsspiel and Table Games, pt 1, pp 44-46.
Thomson, M. R. J. Hope (Brig). The
Military War Game. Royal United Service Institution
Journal 107:50-54 Feb '62.
Vlahos, Michael. Wargaming, an Enforcer
of Strategic Realism: 1919-1942. Naval War College
Review 39:7-22 Mar-Apr '86.
A history of wargaming at the Naval War College.
The War Game and How It Is Played: Mimic
Warfare for the Schooling of Army Officers (at the Army War
College, Washington, D.C.). Scientific American
111:470-471 Dec 5 '14.
War Games. Military Review
41:68-77 Jun '61.
Early Development, pp 69-70.