About this title: "On Thermonuclear War" was controversial when originally published and remains so today. It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable. The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and the result was serious revision in both Western and Soviet strategy and doctrine. As a result, both sides were better able to avoid disaster during the Cold War. The strategic concepts still apply: defense, local animosities, and the usual balance-of-power issues are still very much with us. Kahn's stated purpose in writing this book was ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: priceton univ [ress
Date Published: 1960
Description: Tight copy. NOJACKET. Book on thermonuclear wer and it consequences cover and spine are in good cond EX LIBRARY BOOK with all the markings pages are in good cond flysheet is clipped. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
Date Published: 1960
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. An analysis of such questions as how much radioactive contamination would the United States be willing to absorb for defensive purposes, the problem of shelters and the evacuation of cities, and the survival of the remaining American population after the fifty largest cities have been destroyed. Red boards with gold-color lettering on spine, xx, 651 pp., unclipped jacket. Tiny tear at top of spine strip, previous owner's name on front free ... read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
Date Published: 1961
Description: Good in Good Minus jacket. 9" by 6" Second edition with index. Ocher cloth binding with gilt title and black decoration, clean and sturdy, 668 pages, corners lightly rubbed; jacket is clean, open edge tears. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton, Princeton
Date Published: 1960
ISBN-13:9780691069111ISBN:0691069115
Description: Good/No Jacket. No Jacket FIRST EDITION. Hardcover, good condition, w. lightly rubbed boars, some lt marks. Somewhat slanted, compressed sp, ltly bumped corners. Tanned p. edges, some soil/soil-foxing. Ltly tanned eps. Fr inside hinge stressed, but OK. Clean, tight, unmarked. read more
Description: Princeton 1961 2nd edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Large octavo, 668pp., index, cloth. Owner signed. Near Fine, in Good DJ, one small chip) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781412806640ISBN:141280664X
Description: Very Good. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. This is a new book with a touch of shelf-wear and a green remainder mark on the bottom edge of the pages. This is NOT a pre-owned book. read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. Good to very good condition with tight binding and no markings in text. Some wear to wraps. Second edition paperback 1969. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton,
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good with no dust jacket. Xx, 651 pages, cloth, bookplate otherwise very good. From the foreword by Klaus Knorr: On Thermonuclear Was is as remarkable for tits sophisticated exercises in method as it is for the substantive solutions and proposals it offers. Without his masterly command of method, it would have been impossible for Herman Kahn to examine such an extraordinary range of interrelated problems and, compared with the extant literature, do it so exhaustively. " B11-2; 651 pages. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
Date Published: 1960
Description: Good. No dust jacket. 651 p. illus. 25 cm. Includes Illustrations. No DC. Bookcover shows wear and edge bumping. Folded pages 122 and 123 righted. Some information (? from previous owner? ) marked out on first page inside cover. Content pages in very good condition for age. es11 read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
Date Published: 1960
Description: Fair in Fair jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall Cold War era examination of the threat of nuclear war. Somewhat worn copy in rust linen-like cloth with black and gilt spine lettering and decoration, 651 pages, dustjacket. The book is in generally good condition with foxed outer edge, minor ballpoint ink doodles on lower edge, rubbed corners and spine ends, front free endpaper removed with bookseller stamp on half-title, sound text block, good hinges, clean contents with no names or other markings. ... read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.
Date Published: 1960
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. This book has a black dj with white lettering on the front and spine. Mild DJ edgewear, very slight fading/browning to spine; book itself is clean, tight and unmarked. Kahn, of the RAND Corporation, offers analysis of what would happen to the world in a post-nuclear future. 651 pages; approx. 6"x9". read more
Description: Fair. B002DMLOVC Hardcover book with dust jacket. withdrawn from a library. On Thermonuclear War (Hardcover) by Herman Kahn (Author) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Free Press
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. Good. No dust jacket. Interior clean, binding tight and uncreased, moderate wear to covers. xxxvi, 668 p. illus. 21 cm. Free Press paperback. Includes Illustrations. 2d ed., with index and a new pref. written by the author especially for the paperback ed. read more
"THE bible on thermonuclear war-fighting. Published in 1960 based on the work of The Rand Corporation it is as relevant today as then. Covers everything from doomsday weapons to accidental nuclear conflict. Also addresses small countries eventually getting The Bomb. Much of the movie Dr Strangelove comes straight out of this tome.
It is obvious to the educated that we have been fighting this war every day since the early 50s, this book describes the strategies that all countries involved have been following. After all, as WOPR learns in War Games, "the only way to win is not to play the game". Not really true, but by far the optimum way to win.
I hope SOMEBODY in the current White House is intimately familiar with this book, since it will not be possible to spend months consulting if decisions need to be made in this realm.
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