Learning (Better) From Stories: Wargames, Narratives, and Rhetoric in Military Education
By: Anne Marie Hagen
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.120 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
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Submitted on: Oct 22, 2021
Accepted on: Jul 4, 2022
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