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Falklands War: Conflict
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The Falklands War is an oft-neglected area of conflict in the wargaming world, in both boardgames and computer games, yet is a perfect conflict for gaming. Forces are manageable, and there is plenty of excitement to be had with the various facets of the conflict: special force and airborne operations, amphibious landings, air combat, the naval dimension, etc.
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The United States military intervention in the Gulf in the wake of the Cold War is a natural extension of the policy it has pursued for four decades. Since the end of the Second World War, the Middle East has been viewed by the U.S. establishment through the prism of the conflict with the Soviet Union. The U.S. strategic doctrine underlying the course of the Cold War has been based on a distorted assessment of Soviet intentions.
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In the case of the Falklands conflict, there is relatively little that needs to be said in regard to the conduct of the war itself. The Falklands war was remarkable for the adherence of both parties to the laws of war and to general just war understandings. Hastings and Jenkins comment that it was 'fought with remarkable respect for decency on both sides'. The International Committee of the Red Cross ... gave the belligerent parties a broadly clean bill of health in their 1985 report.
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ProSIM's War in the Falklands will allow players to examine all facets of the conflict, from amphibious operations (made manageable by their relatively small scope) to naval warfare and special forces. Due to the nature of the war the game is well suited for portraying small unit combat and tactics, something which will be familiar to veterans of ProSIM's other products. Some of the game's highlights include:
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Professor of War Studies, King's College, London. Author of The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy; The Price of Peace; Britain and the Falklands War; and other books. Co-author of Nuclear War & Nuclear Peace and The Signals of War and the Gulf Conflict.
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War-themed works were among the top winners at this year's Tribeca Film Festival. The War Tapes, which offered a look at the Iraq conflict as shot by members of the New Hampshire National Guard, won the best documentary feature award, it was announced Saturday. The documentary was directed by Deborah Scranton.
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