The Worlds of Herman Kahn : The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War / Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi.
Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon, author.
2009
U263 -- G49 2005eb
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Title The Worlds of Herman Kahn : The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War / Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi.
Author Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon, author.
ISBN 9780674037564
DOI https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037564
Published Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright ©2005
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.4159/9780674037564 doi
Call Number U263 -- G49 2005eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.02/17/01
Summary Herman Kahn was the only nuclear strategist in America who might have made a living as a standup comedian. In telling his story, Ghamari-Tabrizi captures an era that is still very much with us--a time whose innocence, gruesome nuclear humor, and outrageous but deadly serious visions of annihilation have their echoes in the "known unknowns and unknown unknowns" that guide policymakers in our own embattled world.
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Frontmatter
Contents
Prologue: A Matter of Faith
1: How Many Kahns Can There Be?
2: The Cold War Avant-Garde at RAND
3: The Real Dr. Strangelove
4: An Operational but Undetected Capability
5: How to Build a World with Artful Intuition
6: Faith and Insight in War-Gaming
7: The Mineshaft Gap
8: On Thermonuclear War
9: Comedy of the Unspeakable
10: Mass Murder or the Spirit of Humanism?
Epilogue: A Comic Philosophy
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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