The Rise of Modern Wargaming
In the Beginning, BC to 1660
On the Brink: 1664 – 1810
The Birth of Modern Wargaming: 1811 – 1827
Wargaming Comes of Age: 1828 – 1871
Wargaming goes Global: 1866 – 1905
Coming to America: 1883 - 1912
German Wargaming, innovation & decline: 1872 – 1905
The Birth of ModernCivilian Wargames: 1890s – 1913
Wargaming and the World Wars
Pre War Wargaming: 1905 – 1914:
Wargaming the Great War: 1914 – 1918
Interwar Wargaming: 1919 – 1939
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
France
Poland
Soviet Union
US
Navy
Marine
Army Air Forces
Army Ground Forces
Civilian
Wargaming World War II: 1939-1945
Germany
Japan
United Kingdom
Soviet Union
US
Navy
Marine
Army Air Forces
Army Ground Forces
Cold War Wargaming
The 1946 - 1959: The eclipse of wargaming by war gaming
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International military
US & International Civilian
The1960s: Highs and Lows
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International military
US & International Civilian
The 1970s: To Study War
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International military
US & International Civilian
The 1980s: Promise and Performance
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International military
US & International Civilian
Post Cold War Wargaming
Wargaming and the war with Iraq
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International military
US & International Civilian
The 1990s Wargaming – more Global, more Joint, less Relevant?
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International, military
US & International, Civilian
Wargaming and the decade after 9/11
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International military
US & International Civilian
2011: Wargaming in the bicentennial year of Modern wargaming
DoD/Joint
Air Force
Army
Navy
Marines
International, military
US & International, Civilian
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