The Worlds of Herman Kahn : : The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War / / 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...
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Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Worlds of Herman Kahn : The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War / Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009] ©2005 1 online resource (427 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda 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 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Nuclear warfare Philosophy. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) 9783110756067 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 print 9780674017146 https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674037564?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674037564 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674037564/original |
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