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Wargaming Dos and Don’ts – Eight Lessons for Planning and Conducting Wargames Cover

Wargaming Dos and Don’ts – Eight Lessons for Planning and Conducting Wargames

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|Sep 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.127 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 221 - 232
Submitted on: Oct 25, 2021
Accepted on: Apr 11, 2022
Published on: Sep 19, 2022
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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