War Games

by Jonna Eagle

Book Overview

The word "wargames" might seem like a contradiction in terms. After all, the declaration "This is war" is meant to signal that things have turned deadly serious, that there is no more playing around. Yet the practices of war are intimately entangled with practices of gaming, from military videogames to live battle reenactments. How do these forms of play impact how both soldiers and civilians perceive acts of war?

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813598915
• ISBN13: 9780813598918
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.5" x 6.9"