The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War

by Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi

Book Overview

Herman Kahn was the only nuclear strategist in America who might have made a living as a standup comedian. Indeed, galumphing around stages across the country, joking his way through one grotesque thermonuclear scenario after another, he came frighteningly close. In telling the story of Herman Kahn, whose 1960 book On Thermonuclear War catapulted him into celebrity, Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi captures an era that is still very much with us--a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674017145
• ISBN13: 9780674017146
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.6"