Military computer games and the new American militarism: what computer games teach us about war

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Military computer games and the new American militarism: what computer games teach us about war

Military computer games continue to evoke a uniquely contradictory public, intellectual, and critical response. Whilst denigrated as child’s play, they are played by millions of adults; whilst dismissed as simplistic, they are used in education, therapy, and military training; and whilst classed as...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Thomson, Matthew Ian Malcolm
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	Computer games military computer games war games war American military policy American foreign policy
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10672/

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