001481578 000__ 03609nam\a22010095i\4500 001481578 001__ 1481578 001481578 003__ DE-B1597 001481578 005__ 20231102091739.0 001481578 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001481578 007__ cr\un\nnnunnun 001481578 008__ 231101s2009\\\\mau\\\\\o\\d\z\\\\\\eng\d 001481578 020__ $$a9780674037564 001481578 0247_ $$a10.4159/9780674037564$$2doi 001481578 035__ $$a(DE-B1597)457627 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1013936073 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1029817081 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1032677126 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1037975470 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1041974956 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1046614994 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1047047704 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)646811585 001481578 035__ $$a(OCoLC)979880304 001481578 040__ $$aDE-B1597$$beng$$cDE-B1597$$erda 001481578 0410_ $$aeng 001481578 044__ $$amau$$cUS-MA 001481578 050_4 $$aU263 -- G49 2005eb 001481578 072_7 $$aBIO015000$$2bisacsh 001481578 08204 $$a355.02/17/01 001481578 1001_ $$aGhamari-Tabrizi, Sharon,$$eauthor. 001481578 24514 $$aThe Worlds of Herman Kahn :$$bThe Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War /$$cSharon Ghamari-Tabrizi. 001481578 264_1 $$aCambridge, MA :$$bHarvard University Press,$$c[2009] 001481578 264_4 $$c©2005 001481578 300__ $$a1 online resource 001481578 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001481578 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001481578 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001481578 347__ $$atext file$$bPDF$$2rda 001481578 50500 $$tFrontmatter --$$tContents --$$tPrologue: A Matter of Faith --$$t1: How Many Kahns Can There Be? --$$t2: The Cold War Avant-Garde at RAND --$$t3: The Real Dr. Strangelove --$$t4: An Operational but Undetected Capability --$$t5: How to Build a World with Artful Intuition --$$t6: Faith and Insight in War-Gaming --$$t7: The Mineshaft Gap --$$t8: On Thermonuclear War --$$t9: Comedy of the Unspeakable --$$t10: Mass Murder or the Spirit of Humanism? --$$tEpilogue: A Comic Philosophy --$$tAbbreviations --$$tNotes --$$tAcknowledgments --$$tIndex 001481578 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 001481578 520__ $$aHerman 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. 001481578 538__ $$aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. 001481578 546__ $$aIn English. 001481578 5880_ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) 001481578 650_0 $$aNuclear warfare$$xPhilosophy. 001481578 650_7 $$0(DE-601)106389645$$0(DE-588)4003420-3$$aAtomkrieg$$2gnd 001481578 650_7 $$aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology.$$2bisacsh 001481578 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001481578 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013$$z9783110442205 001481578 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014$$z9783110459517 001481578 77308 $$iTitle is part of eBook package:$$dDe Gruyter$$tHUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015$$z9783110662566 001481578 852__ $$bebk 001481578 85640 $$3De Gruyter$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037564$$zOnline Access 001481578 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:406809$$pGLOBAL_SET 001481578 912__ $$a978-3-11-044220-5 HUP eBook Package Backlist 2005-2013$$c2000$$d2013 001481578 912__ $$a978-3-11-045951-7 HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014$$c2000$$d2014 001481578 912__ $$a978-3-11-066256-6 HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_BACKALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_EBACKALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_EBKALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_EEBKALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_ESSHALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_ESTMALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_PPALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_SSHALL 001481578 912__ $$aEBA_STMALL 001481578 912__ $$aGBV-deGruyter-alles 001481578 912__ $$aPDA11SSHE 001481578 912__ $$aPDA13ENGE 001481578 912__ $$aPDA14ALL 001481578 912__ $$aPDA16SSH 001481578 912__ $$aPDA17SSHEE 001481578 912__ $$aPDA1ALL 001481578 912__ $$aPDA2 001481578 912__ $$aPDA2HUM 001481578 912__ $$aPDA5EBK 001481578 912__ $$aPDA7ENG 001481578 912__ $$aPDA8HUP 001481578 980__ $$aBIB 001481578 980__ $$aEBOOK 001481578 982__ $$aEbook 001481578 983__ $$aOnline