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“The best compilation of information and analysis of the wargaming efforts at the Naval War College

between the wars [that is] currently available. It provides a needed corrective to some of the

inaccurate mythology that has come to surround this subject.”

—Peter Perla, author of

The Art of Wargaming: A Guide for Professionals and Hobbyists

“A valuable book with a lot of detail that has never been assembled in one place before, and Lillard’s

appraisal of the roles of the wargames is on target.”

—Capt. Wayne P. Hughes Jr., U.S. Navy, Ret., professor of practice at the Naval Postgraduate

School and author of

Fleet Tactics: Theory and Practice

“Playing

War

is an outstanding study of the U.S. Naval War College’s interwar institutional culture.

More than that, this book fills a major historiographical gap when it comes to not only the college’s

history but also that of the navy and its war-planning methods. . . . This book is a must-read for any

historian of the U.S. Navy or U.S. national security policy history.”

—Hal M. Friedman, author of

Digesting History: The U.S. Naval War College, the Lessons of

World War Two, and Future Naval Warfare, 1945–1947

“Lillard makes an excellent case that the Pacific War was won on the game floor of the Naval War

College.”

—Albert A. Nofi, author of

To Train the Fleet for War: The U.S. Navy Fleet Problems, 1923–1940

Playing War

Wargaming and U.S. Navy Preparations

for World War II

John M. Lillard

Potomac Books

An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press