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On Thermonuclear War (Hardcover)
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On Thermonuclear War (Hardcover)
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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 simply: "avoiding disaster and buying time, without
specifying the use of this time." By the late 1950s, with both
sides H-bomb-armed, reason and time were in short supply. Kahn, a
military analyst at Rand since 1948, understood that a defense
based only on thermonuclear arnaments was inconceivable, morally
questionable, and not credible.The book was the first to make sense
of nuclear weapons. Originally created from a series of lectures,
it provides insight into how policymakers consider such issues. One
may agree with Kahn or disagree with him on specific issues, but he
clearly defined the terrain of the argument. He also looks at other
weapons of mass destruction such as biological and chemical, and
the history of their use. The Cold War is over, but the nuclear
genie is out of the bottle, and the lessons and principles
developed in On Thermonuclear War apply as much to today's China,
Russia, Iran, and North Korea as they did to the Soviets.
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