Since Carl von Clausewitz' famous declaration "war is merely a continuation of Politics by other means",[REF] military planners have attempted to integrate political goals with military goals in their planning with varying degrees of commitment.
It was not until 1954 the first modern political-military simulation appeared (although the Germans had modeled a Polish invasion of Germany in 1929 that could be fairly labeled political-military),[REF] and it was the United States that would elevate simulation to a tool of statecraft.