War Games Author:Thomas B. Allen Here is a startling, up-to-date look behind the scenes of today's high-tech rehearsals for war. Political scenarios, military strategies, electronic simulations, and frightening, true-to-life maneuvers -- these are the top secret games played by today's leaders ... — -In 1964, a Pentagon war game predicts the futile bombing and loss of American s... more »upport in the Vietnam War.
-In 1979, a fictional scenario describing a terrorist hijacking of TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Boston anticipates THE EXACT SAME EVENT SIX YEARS LATER.
-In 198, a Washington reporter leaks news of a White House war game, in which the use of nuclear wepons alarms foreign governments.
-In realistic war games, NATO always loses to the Soviet bloc.
PLUS: Top secret material obtained under the Freedom of Information Act and never before published, as well as interviews with game designers and Pentagon officials.« less