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  • War Games: A History of War on Paper
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  • Philipp von Hilgers, translated by Ross Benjamin
  • 2012
  • Published by: The MIT Press
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summary
The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-xii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. p. xiii
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  1. 1. The Battle of Numbers in the Middle Ages
  2. pp. 1-10
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  1. 2. Power Games in the Baroque Period
  2. pp. 11-30
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  1. 3. The State of the War Game
  2. pp. 31-56
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  1. 4. Historiography in Real Time
  2. pp. 57-88
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  1. 5. Higher Mathematics and Nomos of the Earth
  2. pp. 89-102
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  1. 6. From Formula Games to the Universal Machine
  2. pp. 103-144
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 145-174
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 175-198
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  1. Index
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