| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 277 pages) |
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I. ITHINKING ABOUT THE UNTHINKABLE: SCENARIOS, GRAND STRATEGY, AND THERMONUCLEAR WAR; Chapter 01. In Defense of Thinking; Chapter 02. Twelve Nonissues and Twelve Almost Nonissues; Chapter 03. The Revolution in Warfare: Continuities and Discontinuities; Chapter 04. On Escalation; Chapter 05. Seizing the Moral, Political, and Strategic High Ground; Part II. A WORLD TURNING POINT: ECONOMIC GROWTH, CULTURALCHANGE, AND THE LONG VIEW; Chapter 06. The Big Picture -- and Some Details: Watersheds of History; Chapter 07. Viewing Growth in Context |
| Summary |
By the time of his untimely death in 1983, Herman Kahn was recognized by both friends and intellectual adversaries as "one of the world's most creative and best minds." The current growing resurgence of interest in Kahn's ideas and intellectual legacy demonstrates the enduring relevance of his work. Yet, in spite of the constant influence of his arguments, there is a shortage of books summarizing Kahn's essential contributions, and thus his work is not as well known as it should be. The Essential Herman Kahn is an attempt to cope with this predicament and offer the public for the first time |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-274) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Kahn, Herman, 1922-1983 -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Kahn, Herman, 1922-1983 fast |
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Kahn, Herman 1922-1983 gnd |
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Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld gnd |
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Forecasting -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
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Futurologists -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources
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Futurologists -- United States -- Biography
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Future Studies.
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Forecasting
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Futurologists
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Futurologie
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United States
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Biographies
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History
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Sources
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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Aligică, Paul Dragoș.
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Weinstein, Kenneth R., 1961-
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| LC no. |
2021698355 |
| ISBN |
9780739135143 |
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0739135147 |
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1282494406 |
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9781282494404 |
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9786612494406 |
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6612494409 |
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0739135147 |
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