On Thermonuclear War
by Herman Kahn
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Author: Herman KahnIntroduction: Evan Jones
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-07-17
ISBN: 141280664X
Number of pages: 668
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
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Book Review: A captivating look at nuclear strategies
Summary: 5 Stars
It's good to see this book back in print, even though nearly 50 years have passed since it was written, because it analyzes a topic of vital importance to national security. Author Herman Kahn is the man (and his book) who was the genesis for Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece, "Dr. Strangelove." The book gives the reader a chilling look at strategies in which to wage *and* win a nuclear war. It is definitely an iconoclastic work for the factual and dispassionate manner in which mass casualties and future birth defects are discussed and quantified --- with graphical information plotted logarithmically by order of magnitude. In retrospect the work is quite outdated, but the discussions of nuclear-powered aircraft and available mine-shaft space are amusing. Nevertheless, it is a captivating look at civilian and military planning to survive and rebound from the unthinkable.
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