The Worlds of Herman Kahn : : The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War / / Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (427 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674037564; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674037564?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi.

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.