The worlds of Herman Kahn : the intuitive science of thermonuclear war /

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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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ghamari-Tabrizi, Sharon, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Kahn, Herman, > 1922-1983.
Kahn, Herman, > 1922-1983
Nuclear warfare > Philosophy.
Guerre nucléaire > Philosophie.
HISTORY > Military > Nuclear Warfare.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology
Nuclear warfare > Philosophy
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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