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“herman kahn”

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  • On Escalation

    Metaphors and Scenarios

    by Herman Kahn ...
    In this widely discussed and influential book, Herman Kahn probes the dynamics of escalation and demonstrates how the intensification of conflict can be depicted by means of a definite escalation ladder, ascent of which brings opponents closer to all-out war. At each rung of the ladder, before the climb proceeds, decisions must be made based on numerous choices. Some are clear and obvious, others ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • On Thermonuclear War

    by Herman Kahn, Evan Jones ...
    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 ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • World Economic Development

    1979 And Beyond

    by Herman Kahn ...
    This book examines the prospects for world economic development. It focuses primarily on the period from 1978 to 2000 and pays particular attention to the earlier part of that interval. The book examines some of the more immediate problems and issues associated with the process of economic growth. ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • On Measuring Democracy

    Its Consequences and Concomitants: Conference Papers

    by Alex Inkeles, Herman Kahn ...
    This book focuses on measuring democratic political systems as such, and is concerned more with the consequences and concomitants of political democracy in cross-national research. It examines the sequences and dynamics of political change between 1800 and 1986. ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

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  • Losing Military Supremacy

    The Myopia of American Strategic Planning

    by Andrei Martyanov ...
    Marytanov explains why and how the US armed forces have lost the military supremacy they thought they once had and how Russia, which supposedly had been defeated in the Cold War, succeeded not only in catching up with USA, but actually surpassing it in many key domains such as long range cruise missiles, diesel-electric submarines, air defenses, electronic warfare, air superiority and many others. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Military Strategy

    by John M. Collins ...
    John M. Collins has distilled the wisdom of historys great military minds to tutor readers on the necessary intellectual skills to win not only battles but also wars. He illuminates practices that worked well or poorly in the past, together with reasons why. He discusses national security interests, strategic building blocks, military strategies across the conflict spectrum, methods for developing ... Read more

    $32.95 USD

  • Arms and Influence

    by Prof. Thomas C. Schelling ...
    Series series The Henry L. Stimson Lectures Series

    $18.99 USD

  • The U.S. Naval Institute on Naval Strategy

    Edited by Thomas J Cutler ...
    Series series U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Books
    In the U.S. Navy, “Wheel Books” were once found in the uniform pockets of every junior and many senior petty officers. Each small notebook was unique to the Sailor carrying it, but all had in common a collection of data and wisdom that the individual deemed useful in the effective execution of his or her duties. Often used as a substitute for experience among neophytes and as a portable library of ... Read more

    $17.29 USD

  • Nuclear Weapons And Foreign Policy

    by Henry A Kissinger ...
    In this book Professor Kissinger examines the framework of our foreign policy, the stresses to which that framework is being subjected, and the prospects for world order in an era of high international tension. The three essays were written before Professor Kissinger took leave from Harvard to serve as Assistant to President Nixon for National Secu ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Competitive Strategies for the 21st Century

    Theory, History, and Practice

    Edited by Thomas G. Mahnken ...
    The U.S. today faces the most complex and challenging security environment in recent memory— even as it deals with growing constraints on its ability to respond to threats. Its most consequential challenge is the rise of China, which increasingly has the capability to deny the U.S. access to areas of vital national interest and to undermine alliances that have underpinned regional stability for ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Dangers of Nuclear War

    A Pugwash Symposium

    Edited by Franklyn Griffiths, John C. Polanyi ...
    Series series Heritage
    This collection of studies is one of the most lucid and sober analyses of the dangers of nuclear war, which mankind is facing. Written by natural and social scientists, the book should be read both by statesmen and by the general public. Looking towards the end of the century it makes clear the growing dangers. Avoiding complacency on the other hand, and prophecies of doom on the other, it ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • If War Comes Tomorrow?

    The Contours of Future Armed Conflict

    by General Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareev ...
    Series series Soviet (Russian) Military Theory and Practice
    Military affairs have been affected by major changes in recent years. The bipolar world of two superpowers has gone. The Cold War and the global military confrontation that accompanied it have ended. A new military and political order has emerged in the world, but the world has not become more stable; indeed, wars and armed conflict have become much more common. Forecasting the contours of future ... Read more

    $76.99 USD