To Learn or not to Learn: On the Importance of Mode Switching in Educational Wargames
By: Vårin Alme and Adeline Hvidsten
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.123 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 269 - 281
Submitted on: Oct 22, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 4, 2022
Published on: Sep 19, 2022
Published by: Scandinavian Military Studies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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