Wargaming Handbook by Development, Concepts & Doctrine Centre instant download

Wargaming Handbook by Development, Concepts & Doctrine Centre instant download

The purpose of the Wargaming Handbook is to provide context and guidance for wargaming. It is designed principally to introduce the topic; it is not a detailed manual or practitioner’s technical guide.

Recent operational challenges have prompted a renewed interest in the part wargaming can play in decision-making and innovation in Defence. Nations around the world are conducting wargaming and investing in their own wargaming capabilities. The Wargaming Handbook seeks to explain the importance of wargaming for Defence at all levels.

The Wargaming Handbook describes how wargaming can be used to explore issues at the national strategic, strategic, operational and tactical levels and across all domains and environments. It discusses how wargaming can be applied to education and training, planning and executive decision-making.

The Wargaming Handbook is intended for all Defence personnel, in particular those who have wargaming as part of their responsibilities, wargame sponsors and those who are tasked to design and execute a wargame. The secondary audience is members of other government departments, related non-governmental organisations and the private sector, with whom Defence personnel are likely to work.