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- catalog abstract "This remarkable book for war-gamers, political and military analysts, and anyone else interested in military history - or in future history - is the result of a series of studies undertaken for the United States Department of Defense and for the British Defence Operational Analysis Establishment. In order to prepare for strategic contingencies, military planners wanted to know what modern historical experiences could tell them about teh nature of combat and the reasons for a group's success or failure. Some Pentagon officials also needed to find out the extent to which these historical experiences could provide a basis for predicting battle outcomes.".
- catalog contributor b1041053.
- catalog created "c1979.".
- catalog date "1979".
- catalog date "c1979.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1979.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies and index.".
- catalog description "Numbers and military history -- The effects of weapons -- Identifying and representing combat variables -- Constructing a model -- Representing World War II combat -- Representing air support in World War II -- Behavioral variables in World War II -- Projecting future combat -- Reliably representing the Arab-Israeli wars -- The model and operations research -- The model and history -- The model, fun, and games.".
- catalog description "This remarkable book for war-gamers, political and military analysts, and anyone else interested in military history - or in future history - is the result of a series of studies undertaken for the United States Department of Defense and for the British Defence Operational Analysis Establishment. In order to prepare for strategic contingencies, military planners wanted to know what modern historical experiences could tell them about teh nature of combat and the reasons for a group's success or failure. Some Pentagon officials also needed to find out the extent to which these historical experiences could provide a basis for predicting battle outcomes.".
- catalog extent "xvii, 244 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Numbers, predictions, and war.".
- catalog identifier "0672521318".
- catalog isFormatOf "Numbers, predictions, and war.".
- catalog issued "1979".
- catalog issued "c1979.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill,".
- catalog relation "Numbers, predictions, and war.".
- catalog subject "Battles.".
- catalog subject "Military art and science Mathematical models.".
- catalog subject "U104 .D85 1979".
- catalog subject "War games.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Numbers and military history -- The effects of weapons -- Identifying and representing combat variables -- Constructing a model -- Representing World War II combat -- Representing air support in World War II -- Behavioral variables in World War II -- Projecting future combat -- Reliably representing the Arab-Israeli wars -- The model and operations research -- The model and history -- The model, fun, and games.".
- catalog title "Numbers, predictions, and war : using history to evaluate combat factors and predict the outcome of battles / by T. N. Dupuy.".
- catalog type "text".