The War Game: Studies of the New Civilian Militarists

by Irving Louis Horowitz

Book Overview

War gaming has become a characteristic feature of modern life. From amateur clubs to professional academicians playing the war game in the company of military circles, we have come up against the phenomenon of the "robotization" of human life. Irving Louis Horowitz argues that those who protest the idea that war is a game do so on moral grounds that leave unanswered tough questions: What is the alternative to playing the game? What will become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1412851815
• ISBN13: 9781412851817
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"