Transforming Naval Wargaming: A Framework for Operational-Level Wargaming
One of the major elements affecting the way we think about war is wargaming.
In honor of Peter Perla (1951–2024) and as a service to the wargaming community, we have gathered in one place a collection of significant publications from his 47 years at CNA.
Perla played a major role in establishing CNA as a leader in wargaming and was an international luminary in the field. He was invited to speak about wargaming at events around the world and received many awards, including the first lifetime achievement award from the Connections Wargaming Conference. His first CNA reports on wargaming, written after observing and analyzing the Global War Games at Newport in the 1980s, formed the seed of his book, The Art of Wargaming. This classic text is used in the US military academies and has had a deep influence on the field.