World War Two Simulated: Digital Games and Reconfigurations of the Past by Curtis D. Carbonell (University of Exeter Press, 2023): Book review

Phil Hammond

doi:10.7557/23.7823

Authors

Phil Hammond London South Bank University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2288-9993

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/23.7823

Keywords:

World War Two, videogames, simulation, history

Abstract

A review of Curtis D. Carbonell's monograph World War Two Simulated: Digital Games and Reconfigurations of the Past. Published by University of Exeter Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-1-804-13060-5, 264 pages.

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