Alan Zimm

Publications

Books:

Misplaced Threats: Book One of the Misplaced Humanity Chronicles. Amazon, 2022.

The Perils of Technological Transformation: A Case Study of the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. A chapter in The Sea and the Second World War: Maritime Aspects of the Global Conflict. Marcus Faulkner and Alessio Patalano, ed. Andarta Books, 2019.

The Battle of the River Plate: A Tactical Analysis. A chapter in Warship 2018. John Jordan, ed. Osprey Publishing 2018.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Strategy, Combat, Myths, Deceptions. Casemate, 2011.

Manifestations of Chaos in an Economic Theory of the Organization. ProQuest, 2003.

Action Stations! Naval Surface Combat Tactical Simulation, 1922 – 1945. Conflict Analytics, 1989.

Journal Articles and Presentations:

Antiship Missile Lessons from Sinking of the Moskva. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, May 2022.

The Second Wave Attack. Desperta Ferro. November-December 2021.

The Second-Wave Attack on Battleship Row. Naval History Magazine. December 2021.

War College Interwar Tactical Training and the Battle of the River Plate. Presentation at the 2021 McMullen Naval History Symposium, US Naval Academy.

The Mystery of the Attack on the Utah. Naval History Magazine. December 2020.

Rebuttal. Naval History Magazine. September 2019.

A Battle Badly Fought. Naval History Magazine. August 2019.

The Raid, Reconsidered. Time Special Edition: Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941. October 2017.

Strike From Above. Fly Past. December 2016.

The Perils of Technological Transformation: A Critical Analysis of the Attack on the Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Lecture at the National Defense College. December 2017.

The Perils of Technological Transformation: A Critical Analysis of the Attack on the Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Colloquium Speaker, Kings College London. May 2017.

The Perils of Technological Transformation: A Critical Analysis of the Attack on the Fleet at Pearl Harbor. Colloquium Speaker, Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory, December 7 2016.

Exploring the Accuracy of the US Naval War College Maneuver Rules. Presentation to the Military Operations Society Symposium, June 2016.

A Strategy has to be able to Work to be Masterful. Naval War College Review, Winter 2015, Vol. 68, No. 1.

Pearl Harbor Myth. World War II. November-December 2011.

Alan Zimm at World War II Round Table. Casemate blog. December 2010.

American Calculations of Battleline Strength, 1941-2. The Northern Mariner. July 2009.

Derivation of a Logistic Equation for Organizations, and its Expansion into a Competitive Organizations Simulation. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory.  Volume 11, 2005.

Pearl Harbor: A Midget sub in the Picture. Naval History Magazine. Contributing author. April 2005.

Modeling Maneuver Warfare: Human Factors, Decisionmaking and Attrition Calculations.

Custer’s Last Stand and the United States Marine Corps. Strategy and Tactics. 2002

Modern Theories and the Practice of Analysis. Military Operations Research Society Phalanx. June 2001.

A Causal Model of Warfare. Military Review, US Army Command and General Staff College. January-February 2001.

A Causal Model of Warfare. Maneuver Warfare Science 2001. Marine Corps Combat Development Command. 2001.

Naval Fires Requirements and Capabilities. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. December 2000.

Desert Storm, Kosovo, and ‘Doctrinal Schizophrenia.’ Strategic Review. Winter 2000.

Modeling Maneuver Warfare: Human Factors, Decisionmaking, and Attrition Calculations. Military Operations Research Society Barchi Prize submission, 2000.

Modeling Maneuver Warfare: Incorporating Human Factors and Decisionmaking in Combat Modeling. Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Computer Generated Forces and Behavioral Representation. May 1999.

Human-Centric Warfare. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings. May 1999. Arleigh Burke Award Winner.

Deterrence: Basic Theory, Principles, and Implications. Strategic Review. Spring 1997.

Deterrence: Then and Now. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings. August 1996.

The U.S.N.’s Flight Deck Cruiser. Warship International. No. 3 1979.

Build the Limit: The American “Maximum Battleship” designs of 1916-17. Warship International. No. 1, 1975.

The Principles of War. Gamer’s Guide. December 1971.

“God Protects Women, Fools and the United States” – Plan Black and the Destruction of the Panama Canal. The Spartan, April 1971.

The Rise of the Longbow. The Spartan, July 1971.

Author of numerous reports and publication at JHU/APL.