Index

                  Contents

              Introduction . vii
                 
                  Part One
                TOY SOLDIERS
     war and games before computers . 3

                 Part Two
              PENTAGON INPUT
     computer gaming the Cold War . 67

                Part Three
             DIGITAL DEFENCE
   playing first-person warfare . 117

                Part Four
             THE DREAM WAR
 linking entertainment and defense . 175

               Part Five
           ON THE HOME FRONT
         commercial games and 
      artistic interventions . 239

               Endnotes . 335
           Acknowledgements . 355
                 Index . 357