ABSTRACT
The Dirty Dozen is a movie that shows the darker side of war, where soldiers are not all heroes but also include socially dysfunctional individuals, violent misfits who bristle at authority and march to the beating of their own drum. The Dirty Dozen illustrates Nash equilibria and self-serving behavior as well as the impact of social preferences on individual behavior. Set during Second World War, the story in The Dirty Dozen mostly takes place in England during the months leading to Operation Overlord, the Allied landings in Normandy. The movie presents two distinct opportunities to illustrate the ultimatum game. In the first instance, the game illustrates a strictly rational, analytical strategy. Early in the movie, while assembling his small commando unit to-be, Major Reisman interviews each of the convict candidates to join the Dozen. In the second instance illustrating the ultimatum game, The Dirty Dozen touches on behavioral theory strategies described by Camerer and reviewed by E. Angner.
