For some years I have spent my time on exactly these questions - both in thinking about ways to prevent war, and in thinking about how to fight, survive, and terminate a war, should it occur.
Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the rig… - Herman Kahn
Authority is not power; that's coercion. Authority is not knowledge; that's persuasion, or seduction. Authority is simply that the author has the rig…
- Herman Kahn
I'm against ignorance. I'm against sloppy, emotional thinking. I'm against fashionable thinking. I am against the whole cliché of the moment. - Herman Kahn
I'm against ignorance. I'm against sloppy, emotional thinking. I'm against fashionable thinking. I am against the whole cliché of the moment.
Hopefully, nations will refuse to accept a situation in which nuclear accidents actually do occur, and, if at all possible, they will do something to… - Herman Kahn
Hopefully, nations will refuse to accept a situation in which nuclear accidents actually do occur, and, if at all possible, they will do something to…
Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity. - Herman Kahn
Nuclear war is such an emotional subject that many people see the weapons themselves as the common enemy of humanity.
The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is n… - Herman Kahn
The objective of nuclear-weapons policy should not be solely to decrease the number of weapons in the world, but to make the world safer - which is n…
A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give… - Herman Kahn
A surprising number of government committees will make important decisions on fundamental matters with less attention than each individual would give…
From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a new… - Herman Kahn
From a scientific perspective there is some indication that a nuclear war could deplete the earth's ozone layer or, less likely, could bring on a new…
Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion. - Herman Kahn
Human and moral factors must always be considered. They must never be missing from policies and from public discussion.
My guess is that nuclear weapons will be used sometime in the next hundred years, but that their use is much more likely to be small and limited than… - Herman Kahn
My guess is that nuclear weapons will be used sometime in the next hundred years, but that their use is much more likely to be small and limited than…
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