The Worlds of Herman Kahn : The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War.
Title:
The Worlds of Herman Kahn : The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War.
Author:
Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon.
ISBN:
9780674037564
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (428 pages)
Contents:
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.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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