These Wargames Waged World War III: A U.S.-Russia War in Asia
In the 1970s and 1980s, the Naval War College traced the potential course of war in East Asia as part of a series of global war games.
Robert Farley, a frequent contributor to the National Interest, is author of The Battleship Book. He serves as a senior lecturer at the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce at the University of Kentucky. His work includes military doctrine, national security and maritime affairs. He blogs at Lawyers, Guns and Money, Information Dissemination and the Diplomat.
This first appeared in 2016 and is being republished due to reader interest.
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