Re: [GZG] Resources

[Oerjan Ariander <oerjan.ariander@xxxxxxxxx>]

Fred Kiesche wrote:

>One good place to go to is the Strategy Page...
>
><http://www.strategypage.com/>

I deliberately did *not* mention this one, since it is very US-centric - 
even bordering on US-chauvinistic - and surprisingly often gets data about 
non-US military gear wrong; don't trust all you read there without 
double-checking with an independent source. (That's why I prefer TankNet - 
it is far more international... and also much faster - by the time 
StrategyPage takes notice about something the news have usually been 
discussed for a week or more already on TankNet :-/ )

>The USMC has an excellent professional development
>program. The guide that program is called "A Book on
>Books". Try:
>
>https://www.doctrine.usmc.mil/signpubs/r611a.pdf
>
>Worth its weight in electrons for books ranging from
>small unit to theatre wide!!!

Agreed - but see my earlier comments about books going out of date quickly. 
They're excellent for learning about what has happened in the past (up to 
two or three years back); less so for learning about what is happening now 
and what the current trends are.

>James Dunnigan, with various folks like Austin Bay or
>solo, has a number of books that you might want to
>look for.

Dunnigan is one of the people behind StrategyPage. His wargame designs are 
generally nice, but his books... well, let's just say that my above 
comments about both the StrategyPage and books in general apply full force 
to his books :-/

>If you can locate GDW's "Phase Line Smash", that is an
>excellent demonstration of (relatively) modern warfare.

It is a truly excellent resource for and simulation of Swartzkopf's "left 
hook" during the 1991 Gulf War, but your "relatively" means "fourteen years 
out of date"... for the most modern of the forces involved. The other side 
was out-dated even during the war itself :-/

>Hmmmm...this CD might be worth a $20.00 investment!
>
><http://www.tpub-products.com/product_info.php?products_id=56>

IIRC most of those can also be downloaded for free in HTML format, though 
the .pdfs on the CD are easier to read and print than the HTML documents.

Later,

Oerjan
oerjan.ariander@xxxxxxxxx

"Life is like a sewer.
 What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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