Cold War gone hot : World War III, 1986 /
Roots, Jim.
Oxford ; Long Island City, NY : Osprey ; Enid, OK : Ambush Alley Games,
2011.
"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." With these words, spoken as a sound check to a radio broadcast, President Reagan, if popular misconceptions is to be believed, brought the long-simmering Cold War to the brink of open warfare. Although Soviet forces were placed on alert following reports of this comment, as with the Cuban Missile Crisis some 22 years earlier, the full-scale conflict between the West and the Soviet Bloc did not break out. This latest companion volume for Force on force looks at the 44-year history of the Cold War and asks, "what if"? With the orders of battle, vehicle stats and missions included in this volume, players can simulate the advance of Soviet tanks across Western Europe, a NATO counterattack, or any number of other scenarios where history took a slightly different path.
"My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes." With these words, spoken as a sound check to a radio broadcast, President Reagan, if popular misconceptions is to be believed, brought the long-simmering Cold War to the brink of open warfare. Although Soviet forces were placed on alert following reports of this comment, as with the Cuban Missile Crisis some 22 years earlier, the full-scale conflict between the West and the Soviet Bloc did not break out. This latest companion volume for Force on force looks at the 44-year history of the Cold War and asks, "what if"? With the orders of battle, vehicle stats and missions included in this volume, players can simulate the advance of Soviet tanks across Western Europe, a NATO counterattack, or any number of other scenarios where history took a slightly different path.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118).
Introduction -- Special rules for Cold War gone hot -- Scenarios -- Cold War fears -- Cold War realities -- Cold War fantasies -- Sample organizations -- Vehicles -- Equivalent NATO weapons -- Miniatures for Cold War gone hot.
War games.
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Cold War.
World War III.