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The Arms Race, Played by SDP

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 May 2020

Elliott Frauenglass ,
Clyde D. McKee  and
Charles C. Naef
Elliott Frauenglass
Affiliation:
Trinity College
Clyde D. McKee
Affiliation:
Trinity College
Charles C. Naef
Affiliation:
Colgate University
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Interest in the arms race has been growing in recent years as shown by coverage in the media and in political campaigns. Many students coming to class are already preconditioned either for or against increased defense spending. This participatory exercise allows them to test their ideas, and it helps make their minds more receptive to new concepts being explored in the class, such as: Is detente in the best interests of the Unted States? Should a new SALT Treaty be negotiated? What is the best ratio of expenditures for domestic programs and national defense?

SDB stands for Secret Defense Budgets. In the SDB exercise, or game as it is called, the class is divided into groups of two students sitting next to each other.

Type
Research Article
Information
News for Teachers of Political Science , Volume 32 , Winter 1982 , pp. 8 - 9
Copyright
Copyright © American Political Science Association 1982

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Notes

1. Cooper, Dale F., Jonathan Klein, M.R.C. McDowell, and Philip V. Johnson (1980), Journal of the Operational Research Society,Vol. 31, No. 2. These authors report that students are useful in developing simulation games, but do not get the same results as experienced military officers.

2. Davis, Morton D. (1973), Game Theory, New York: Basic Books, Inc., pp xv–xviii.Google Scholar

3. Milburn, Thomas W. and Kenneth H., Watman (1979), “SALT II: Verification,” Mershon Center Quarterly Report, Vol. 4, No. 4Google Scholar, Ohio State University. The authors present an excellent discussion of the importance of public education in the area of arms control negotiations and especially the issue of verification.