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American futurist (1922–1983)
Herman Kahn (February 15, 1922 – July 7, 1983) was an American physicist and a founding member of the Hudson Institute, regarded as an eminent futurist
Herman_Kahn
American archivist
Herman Kahn (August 13, 1907 – June 5, 1975) was an American archivist and served as an Assistant Archivist of the United States between 1962 and 1968
Herman_Kahn_(archivist)
1960 book by Herman Kahn
On Thermonuclear War is a 1960 book by Herman Kahn, a military strategist at the RAND Corporation. It was written one year before he left RAND to form
On_Thermonuclear_War
American neoconservative think tank
C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist Herman Kahn and his colleagues Max Singer and Oscar M. Ruebhausen at the RAND Corporation
Hudson_Institute
1964 film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Hungarian mathematician John Von Neumann, RAND Corporation strategist Herman Kahn, rocket scientist Wernher von Braun (a central figure in Nazi Germany's
Dr._Strangelove
Megaregion of the United States
2024. The nickname "BosWash" for the region was first used by futurist Herman Kahn in a 1967 essay. It is the world's largest megalopolis by economic output
Northeast_megalopolis
1927 motor yacht
Kriegsmarine's Schnellboot. "Oheka" is an acronym of letters from Kahn's full name, Otto Herman Kahn. He had previously named his New York estate, built on Long
Oheka_II
American businesswoman and government official (born 1953)
named by Carnegie Corporation of New York. In 2024 she received the Herman Kahn Award for her lifetime contributions to society. In 2026, Chao was recognized
Elaine_Chao
American Internet pioneer (born 1938)
(née Tashker) and Lawrence Kahn in an Ashkenazi Jewish family. Through his father, he is related to futurist Herman Kahn. After receiving a bachelor's
Robert Kahn (computer scientist)
Robert_Kahn_(computer_scientist)
American global policy think tank
Chief strategist Herman Kahn also posited the idea of a "winnable" nuclear exchange in his 1960 book On Thermonuclear War. This led to Kahn's being one of
RAND_Corporation
Feeling of general discomfort
found in The Next 200 Years: A Scenario for America and the World, by Herman Kahn et al., published in 1976, p. 2. ""Crisis of Confidence" Speech (July
Malaise
Doctrine of military strategy
abbreviated "MAD", was coined by Donald Brennan, a strategist working in Herman Kahn's Hudson Institute in 1962. Brennan conceived the acronym cynically, spelling
Mutually_assured_destruction
Hypothesis regarding the use of nuclear weapons
weapons are simply one more rung on the ladder of escalation pioneered by Herman Kahn. This leads to a number of other conclusions regarding the potential
Nuclear utilization target selection
Nuclear_utilization_target_selection
Ideological position in futurism
century. Lindsey Grant accuses cornucopians, especially Julian Simon and Herman Kahn, of making arguments with logical flaws, omissions, and oversights, and
Cornucopianism
Cold War-era nuclear weapons control system
nuclear false alarm incident "Dead Man's Switch" (The Outer Limits) Herman Kahn Lethal autonomous weapon Mount Yamantaw Mutual assured destruction On
Dead_Hand
French oil executive (1922–1997)
considered among the first to bring the thoughts and theories of futurist Herman Kahn into business strategy. Thanks to his work for de Beers Co in South of
Pierre_Wack
Surname list
Gustave Kahn (1859–1936), French poet Hannah Kahn (1911–1988), American poet from New York City Harold L. Kahn (1930–2018), American historian Herman Kahn (1922–1983)
Kahn
Social scientist
science-fiction writers, such as Arthur C. Clarke, Alvin Toffler, and Herman Kahn were merely celebrities who nevertheless were used as credible sources
Futurist
Form of conflict that could happen after a massive nuclear exchange
if not entirely, with munitions on hand at the start of the fighting. Herman Kahn, in his tome On Thermonuclear War, posited that a broken-backed war is
Broken-backed_war_theory
American art collectors
2002. The Cones' parents were Herman (Kahn) Cone and Helen (Guggenheimer) Cone, who were German-Jewish immigrants. Herman, who had immigrated from Altenstadt
Cone_sisters
Concept in conflict studies
popularized during the Cold War by two important books: On Escalation (Herman Kahn, 1965) and Escalation and the Nuclear Option (Bernard Brodie, 1966).
Conflict_escalation
Probabilistic problem-solving algorithm
fluid mechanics. An earlier pioneering article by Theodore E. Harris and Herman Kahn, published in 1951, used mean-field genetic-type Monte Carlo methods
Monte_Carlo_method
Feature of U.S. president Richard Nixon's foreign policy
Korean War. In his 1962 book Thinking About the Unthinkable, the futurist Herman Kahn argued that to "look a little crazy" might be an effective way to induce
Madman_theory
1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet
audio commentary on the film, by Hudson Institute military strategist Herman Kahn. The US Department of Defense and Air Force declined any cooperation
Fail_Safe_(1964_film)
American military strategist (1910–1978)
work at the RAND Corporation. There, a stable of important strategists, Herman Kahn and others, developed the rudiments of nuclear strategy and warfighting
Bernard Brodie (military strategist)
Bernard_Brodie_(military_strategist)
American comic book artist (1915–1998)
Book Hall of Fame in 1996. Robert Kahn was born in New York City. His parents, Augusta (née Tuchman) and Herman Kahn, an engraver, were of Ashkenazi Jewish
Bob_Kane
Construct which could destroy all life on a planet or a planet itself
Dictionary. Kahn, H. (2011). On Thermonuclear War. War and Peace Research. Transaction Publishers. p. 145. ISBN 978-1-4128-1559-8. Kahn, Herman (1960). On
Doomsday_device
Danish not-for-profit
the Institute rests on the assumptions outlined by military strategist Herman Kahn in his book: The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-three
Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies
Copenhagen_Institute_for_Futures_Studies
Period of history since 1945
by Samuel Cohen of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 1960 – Herman Kahn publishes On Thermonuclear War. November 1961 – In Fortune magazine,
Atomic_Age
1965 pseudo-documentary TV film by Peter Watkins
to a snippet of a recording of a calm lecture by a person resembling Herman Kahn, a renowned RAND strategist, hypothesising that a third world war would
The_War_Game
weighted ensemble (WE). The first published rare event technique was by Herman Kahn and Theodore Edward Harris in 1951, who in turn referred to an unpublished
Rare_event_sampling
1992 British TV series or programme
1960–64; Consultant to Department of Defense 1966–70 Debbie Kahn, daughter of Herman Kahn Gail Neale, Hudson Institute, 1960s George Ball, Under-Secretary
Pandora's Box (British TV series)
Pandora's_Box_(British_TV_series)
Futures studies / Futures techniques method
probability. Most authors attribute the introduction of scenario planning to Herman Kahn through his work for the US Military in the 1950s at the RAND Corporation
Scenario_planning
Large and powerful state formed from smaller states
K. (June 1973). "JAPAN — THE EMERGING SUPERSTATE ? Some Thoughts on Herman Kahn". The Developing Economies. 11 (2): 196–210. doi:10.1111/j.1746-1049
Superstate
American government official and writer (born 1961)
Weinstein, Kenneth R. (March 16, 2022). "Wally Stern: The Legacy of Herman Kahn's Intellectual Other Half". Hudson Institute. Weinstein, Kenneth; Sibley
Kenneth_R._Weinstein
1984 action film directed by John Milius
him to the Hudson Institute, the conservative think tank founded by Herman Kahn, to develop a plausible scenario. Milius saw the story as a Third World
Red_Dawn
American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1913–1994)
incest and the controversial subject of communism. In 1962, the futurist Herman Kahn recruited Ellison as a consultant to the Hudson Institute in an attempt
Ralph_Ellison
Type of Monte Carlo algorithms for signal processing and statistical inference
molecular chemistry and computational physics by Theodore E. Harris and Herman Kahn in 1951, Marshall N. Rosenbluth and Arianna W. Rosenbluth in 1955, and
Particle_filter
1997), ISBN 0-520-08310-5, LoC E169.12.H49 1997. Louis Menand, "Fat Man: Herman Kahn and the Nuclear Age", The New Yorker, June 27, 2005 Stephen Petersen
Nuclear weapons in popular culture
Nuclear_weapons_in_popular_culture
2019-06-01. "On Thermonuclear War, by Herman Kahn (1960)". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2019-06-01. "Herman Kahn | American futurist". Encyclopedia Britannica
Timeline of nuclear weapons development
Timeline_of_nuclear_weapons_development
1962 novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler
winnable ways to wage nuclear war, that includes Henry Kissinger and Herman Kahn, both explicitly named in ch. 5 along with other contemporary advisers
Fail-Safe_(novel)
Hamlet and census-designated place in New Castle, New York, US
former NBA head coach and current senior vice president of the NBA Herman Kahn, Cold War military strategist Heather Paige Kent, actress, podcaster
Chappaqua,_New_York
Cities around the Great Lakes of North America
to Pittsburgh, and from San Francisco to San Diego. In 1965, futurist Herman Kahn speculated about the three megalopolises in the year 2000. In the 1960s
Great_Lakes_megalopolis
American presidential advisor (1929–2021)
professional futures forecasting center, The Hudson Institute, led by Herman Kahn. From the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 until the beginning
Robert_Dickson_Crane
1940 American government document
ISBN 0-19-506168-3. Page 38 Letter from L. J. Darter (Head, Naval Archives Branch) to Herman Kahn (Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library) English Wikisource has
Plan_Dog_memo
American architect (1869–1942)
Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was an American architect who collaborated with his brother Julius Kahn in designing industrial plant complexes
Albert_Kahn_(architect)
National reliance on a strong military
civilian academics and industrial researchers, such as Henry Kissinger and Herman Kahn, who had significant input into the use of military force. The complexities
Militarism
American political scientist
numerous people associated with RAND that besides Wohlstetter included Herman Kahn, John von Neumann, Wernher von Braun, and Edward Teller. Wohlstetter
Albert_Wohlstetter
Service and knowledge-based society
of fully realizing industrialization and then post-industrialization. Herman Kahn optimistically predicted the "economic growth, expanded production and
Post-industrial_society
Space protecting occupants from radioactive debris
appeared that outlined the plans of Nelson Rockefeller, Edward Teller, Herman Kahn, and Chet Holifield for an enormous network of concrete-lined underground
Fallout_shelter
Politics as self-interested competition
Nicholas Spykman (known for his work on geostrategy and containment), Herman Kahn (known for his work on nuclear strategy) and E. H. Carr. Classical realism
Realism (international relations)
Realism_(international_relations)
Human settlement in the United States
San Diego–Tijuana, the Inland Empire and Las Vegas Valley. Futurists Herman Kahn and Anthony Wiener coined the name SanSan to refer to "a Pacific megalopolis
California_megapolitan_areas
Former American consulting firm
planning was first used by the military in World War II and then by Herman Kahn at RAND (“Thinking the Unthinkable”) during the Cold War, before being
Global_Business_Network
2000 American television thriller film directed by Stephen Frears
Azaria as Professor Groeteschele (loosely based on John von Neumann and Herman Kahn) Norman Lloyd as Defense Secretary Swenson Bill Smitrovich as General
Fail_Safe_(2000_film)
American economist
Arthur Andersen. In 1972, Hudson moved to the Hudson Institute headed by Herman Kahn. In 1979, he became an advisor to the United Nations Institute for Training
Michael_Hudson_(economist)
Canadian businesswoman and philanthropist
federal cabinet minister, Jean-Pierre Goyer, and then went to work for Herman Kahn's Hudson Institute. She was also Goyer's mistress and he described her
Marie-Josée_Kravis
Village in New York, United States
as international editor of the Associated Press Stephen Jardine Herman Kahn Roger Kahn, author of The Boys of Summer Ira Kaplan, songwriter and lead guitarist
Croton-on-Hudson,_New_York
Doctrines and plans for production and use of atomic weapons
nuclear strike, Second strike Force de frappe Game theory, wargaming Herman Kahn Madman theory Massive retaliation Military strategy Minimal deterrence
Nuclear_strategy
Theme in popular culture
Cold War figures, including Wernher von Braun, Henry Kissinger, and Herman Kahn. The secret codename of Operation DROPKICK, mentioned by George C. Scott's
World War III in popular culture
World_War_III_in_popular_culture
American political activist (1931–2023)
concentrated on nuclear strategy, working with leading strategists such as Herman Kahn and challenging the existing plans of the United States National Security
Daniel_Ellsberg
Reliance of the United States on its military force
Civilian academics and business researchers, including Henry Kissinger and Herman Kahn, came to prominence during the Cold War and significantly promoted the
United_States_militarism
James, 67, American bandleader, trumpeter, and actor, lymphatic cancer Herman Kahn, 61, American physicist and futurist, he posited the idea of a "winnable"
Deaths_in_July_1983
Military doctrine focusing on using more force in retaliation to an attack
potentially millions of civilians. In 1960, RAND Corporation strategist Herman Kahn stressed the similarity between massive retaliation and a first strike
Massive_retaliation
French pianist (1935–2023)
Claude Kahn (9 November 1935 – 17 November 2023) was a French classical pianist, internationally known for his interpretations of especially the music
Claude_Kahn
Futures studies influencers
Heiko Andreas von der Gracht 1978 living educator, strategic foresight Herman Kahn 1922 1983 military strategist, econo-technical predictions Hugo de Garis
List_of_futurologists
American physicist (1921–2010)
Cohen was personally responsible for recruiting the famous strategist Herman Kahn into the RAND Corporation. During the Vietnam War, Cohen argued that
Samuel_T._Cohen
Organization that performs policy research and advocacy
founded in 1961 by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Corporation. Recent members include Mike
Think_tank
1972 science fiction novel by James Gunn
Walter de la Mare, scientist Freeman Dyson, futurist and economist Herman Kahn, poet Alice Meynell, scientist and author Carl Sagan, and poet William
The_Listeners_(novel)
Professor of National Security and Military Affairs
Military Academy. Parallel to his career in academia, he worked for Herman Kahn at the Hudson Institute (1973 and 1974) and served in the United States
Stephen_Peter_Rosen
Economic reforms in China since 1978
possible because Deng cultivated pro-market followers in the government. Herman Kahn argued that Confucian ethic was playing a "similar but more spectacular
Reform_and_opening_up
American economist (1932–1998)
supported his positions. His 1984 book The Resourceful Earth (co-edited by Herman Kahn), is a similar criticism of the conventional wisdom on population growth
Julian_Simon
Award bestowed by the President of the United States
self-determination and full integration for all people with disabilities. Herman Kahn yes 1989 Max Kampelman 1989 Dennis Keogh yes 1984 Richard James Kerr
Presidential_Citizens_Medal
Overview of and topical guide to futures studies
Berger Gerard O'Neill Grace Hopper Harlan Cleveland Hazel Henderson Herman Kahn Homer A. McCrerey Hugo de Garis Irma Wyman Jacque Fresco James Burke
Outline_of_futures_studies
American World War II-era program
and Senate Majority Leader Anthony Hecht, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Herman Kahn, futurist and theorist Henry Kissinger, U.S. Secretary of State, Nobel
Army Specialized Training Program
Army_Specialized_Training_Program
American foreign policy strategist
that also included Charles J. Hitch, Herman Kahn, James Schlesinger and Daniel Ellsberg. Notably, he worked with Kahn on developing and advancing Monte Carlo
Andrew Marshall (foreign policy strategist)
Andrew_Marshall_(foreign_policy_strategist)
British economist and journalist (1923–2010)
Norman Macrae and 'The Resourceful Earth' edited by Julian Simon and Herman Kahn". LRB. 7 (5): 9. Retrieved 21 August 2019. Marsh, Jeffrey (September
Norman_Macrae
neurologist and psychoanalyst, and Sigmund Freud’s official biographer. Herman Kahn (1922–1983): American futurist, military strategist and systems theorist
List of atheists (miscellaneous)
List_of_atheists_(miscellaneous)
American journalist
15, 2023. Retrieved September 4, 2023. "Wally Stern: The Legacy of Herman Kahn's Intellectual Other Half". National Review. March 16, 2022. Retrieved
Sarah_May_Stern
1979 Doctor Who serial
Mentalis. In his 1960 book On Thermonuclear War, the American futurist Herman Kahn wrote of a hypothetical Doomsday Machine, which he described as a computer
The_Armageddon_Factor
cryonics" because of the impact of his 1962 book The Prospect of Immortality Herman Kahn – American futurist, military strategist and systems theorist; known
List of Jewish atheists and agnostics
List_of_Jewish_atheists_and_agnostics
Education organization
Hague, S. I. Hayakawa, Friedrich von Hayek, Henry Hazlitt, W.H. Hutt, Herman Kahn, Russell Kirk, Irving Kristol, Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, Forrest McDonald
Philadelphia_Society
Membership association of professional archivists
Carolina Department of Archives and History 1969 (1969)–1970 (1970): Herman Kahn, Yale University 1970 (1970)–1971 (1971): Philip P. Mason, Wayne State
Society of American Archivists
Society_of_American_Archivists
(1929–2021), pioneer in the field of developmental psychology (Newark) Herman Kahn (1922–1983), preeminent nuclear scientist of the 20th century from Bayonne
List of people from New Jersey
List_of_people_from_New_Jersey
Underground newspaper
symposium at Masonic Auditorium entitled "2000 A.D." with Alan Watts, Herman Kahn and Carl Rogers. After the paper folded, Oracle staff who had left the
San_Francisco_Oracle
dean of MIT Sloan School of Management, chairman of the MIT Corporation Herman Kahn futurist, military strategist, systems theorist, developer of U.S. nuclear
White House Conference on the Industrial World Ahead
White_House_Conference_on_the_Industrial_World_Ahead
(2020) 2013 Foreign Policy Top 100 Global Thinkers, 2013. (United States) Herman Kahn Award, September 2013. (United States) The Straits Times Asian of the
List of awards and honours received by Shinzo Abe
List_of_awards_and_honours_received_by_Shinzo_Abe
Part of the post-WWII era and the Cold War
Soviets side, first to catch up and then to surpass the Americans." --Herman Kahn (1962) Thinking about the Unthinkable, Horizon Press. Gerald Segal, The
Nuclear_arms_race
City in Hudson County, New Jersey, US
(1905–1989), Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1948 and 1952–1975 Herman Kahn (1922–1983), military strategist Brian Keith (1921–1997), film and TV
Bayonne,_New_Jersey
2024 book by Annie Jacobsen
Practical guide to surviving nuclear conflict On Thermonuclear War – Herman Kahn's foundational 1960 strategic analysis The Day After – 1983 television
Nuclear_War:_A_Scenario
American activist and academic
Why Are They Lying to Our Children? Stein and Day. 1984 (Foreword by Herman Kahn). ISBN 0-8128-2937-9 Social Science Theory: Structure and Application
Herbert_London
Futures studies lessons learned methods
The term scenario was introduced into planning and decision-making by Herman Kahn in connection with military and strategic studies done by RAND in the
Futures_techniques
American physicist (1915–1997)
Recursos Naturales described Katz as a specialist in orbital photography. Herman Kahn, in On Thermonuclear War, credited Katz with coining the term "catalytic
Amrom_Harry_Katz
US Air Force general
Having been briefed by another famous member of the RAND Corporation, Herman Kahn, on the genetic effects of nuclear weapons, Power replied: "You know
Thomas_S._Power
Operations) Josephus – The Wars of the Jews Ernst Jünger – Storm of Steel Herman Kahn Philip Kay-Bujak - Military biographer John Keegan – military historian
List_of_military_writers
American futurist (born 1945)
was one of the first futures consulting firms and had Alvin Toffler, Herman Kahn, Ted Gordon, and other leading futurists on its board. Glenn helped to
Jerome_C._Glenn
Japanese government from 2012 to 2020
French ministers in Tokyo earlier in the year. In fact, this followed the Herman Kahn lecture of 25 September 2013 in which he outlined his foreign policy
Second premiership of Shinzo Abe
Second_premiership_of_Shinzo_Abe
Austrian independent record label
“My Eyes Glaze Over” coined by American futurologist and geostrategist Herman Kahn, or to a “hacker expression to indicate that you've spent too much time
Editions_Mego
Computer software company
nuclear theorist and Hudson Institute founder Herman Kahn became a member of ACT's board of directors. Kahn also appeared with Lecht as keynote speakers
Advanced_Computer_Techniques
American futurologist and businessman
Surrey. During the 1950s, Prell worked with Rand Corporation futurist Herman Kahn, who later founded the Hudson Institute in New York. In this period he
Donald_Prell
Israeli foreign policy strategist and scholar
Professional Staff Member with the Hudson Institute in 1972, working under Herman Kahn and Donald Brennan. At Hudson, he carried out policy work on nuclear
Uzi_Arad
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