Numbers, prediction, and war: Using history to evaluate combat factors and predict the outcome of battles

Numbers, prediction, and war: Using history to evaluate combat factors and predict the outcome of battles by dupuy, t. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780672521317.

For the military professional interested in understanding and applying the historical lessons of combat as derived from quantitative military historical analysis, the historical simulation has been and will continue to be a very powerful tool. But what is a historical simulation and what specifically does it provide to the military professional.