What Are You Reading?
01-25-2004, 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by 1988RedT2' date='Jan 25 2004, 12:20 PM
I am currently seeking serenity in Norman Maclean's "A River Runs Through It"
I'm sure the book is even better, as they usually are.
01-25-2004, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by j9fd3s' date='Jan 25 2004, 08:43 AM
cool, i recently read an 1897 dracula (it might even be 1st print), it was $10.
i'm now reading somerset maughms "the summing up" very slowly
i'm now reading somerset maughms "the summing up" very slowly
I love old books. You can get them pretty cheap sometime, if your lucky. My ex used to buy me all the supposedly red-listed books. Mein Kampf, The Catcher in the Rye, and my favorite On Thermonuclear War by Herman Kahn. OTW was written in the sixties and quickly became the premier nuclear strategy guide for many countries to include the Soviet Union and the United States. There was only one printing of the book from Princeton Presses and it was limited to a very small number.
It is a bone-chilling book about nuclear proliferation and the theoretical destructive power of certain types of attacks, and strategies. The book made popular the phrase "Time on Target" that the Russians adopted as the backbone of their nuclear strategy. It means they could launch from different points all over the globe at different times and all different delivery methods and the weapons would detonate at the exact same time. The crazy thing is the maximum amount of warning time would have been 20 minutes or so...
Herman Kahn was a physicist turned very educated peace and anti-proliferation advocate. His book was totally taken the wrong way. He meant for it to be a harbinger of the nuclear era but it turned into a HOW TO KILL ALL AND NOT GET KILLED guide.
01-25-2004, 04:29 PM
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I am reading Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous by George Berkeley. I am also reading another book called Metaphysics 2nd Ed. by Peter van Inwagen. Both are very good. I am interested in that Herman Kahn book. How hard is it to find?
01-25-2004, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by twstdmtl' date='Jan 25 2004, 12:04 PM
Sweet!
I love old books. You can get them pretty cheap sometime, if your lucky. My ex used to buy me all the supposedly red-listed books. Mein Kampf, The Catcher in the Rye, and my favorite On Thermonuclear War by Herman Kahn. OTW was written in the sixties and quickly became the premier nuclear strategy guide for many countries to include the Soviet Union and the United States. There was only one printing of the book from Princeton Presses and it was limited to a very small number.
It is a bone-chilling book about nuclear proliferation and the theoretical destructive power of certain types of attacks, and strategies. The book made popular the phrase "Time on Target" that the Russians adopted as the backbone of their nuclear strategy. It means they could launch from different points all over the globe at different times and all different delivery methods and the weapons would detonate at the exact same time. The crazy thing is the maximum amount of warning time would have been 20 minutes or so...
Herman Kahn was a physicist turned very educated peace and anti-proliferation advocate. His book was totally taken the wrong way. He meant for it to be a harbinger of the nuclear era but it turned into a HOW TO KILL ALL AND NOT GET KILLED guide.
I love old books. You can get them pretty cheap sometime, if your lucky. My ex used to buy me all the supposedly red-listed books. Mein Kampf, The Catcher in the Rye, and my favorite On Thermonuclear War by Herman Kahn. OTW was written in the sixties and quickly became the premier nuclear strategy guide for many countries to include the Soviet Union and the United States. There was only one printing of the book from Princeton Presses and it was limited to a very small number.
It is a bone-chilling book about nuclear proliferation and the theoretical destructive power of certain types of attacks, and strategies. The book made popular the phrase "Time on Target" that the Russians adopted as the backbone of their nuclear strategy. It means they could launch from different points all over the globe at different times and all different delivery methods and the weapons would detonate at the exact same time. The crazy thing is the maximum amount of warning time would have been 20 minutes or so...
Herman Kahn was a physicist turned very educated peace and anti-proliferation advocate. His book was totally taken the wrong way. He meant for it to be a harbinger of the nuclear era but it turned into a HOW TO KILL ALL AND NOT GET KILLED guide.
01-25-2004, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Striker' date='Jan 25 2004, 02:29 PM
I am interested in that Herman Kahn book. How hard is it to find?
On Thermonuclear War, by Herman Kahn. 1960 Princeton University Press
