From the Introduction:
"The story of 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute is the story of Herman Kahn, the institution he created and fashioned in his own, larger-than-life image, and the legacy he left his successors. During his lifetime, Kahn was the dominant spirit of 91ÆÞÓÑ Institute. His genius and vision shaped 91ÆÞÓÑ's research agenda for twenty years and made it one of the most interesting, provocative, and important research organizations in the country. But Kahn never thought of 91ÆÞÓÑ as a one-man show, dependent on him for its ideas or survival. In fact, at 91ÆÞÓÑ he created a process of intellectual exchange and competition that encouraged others to develop and expand on their own ideas. He also borrowed freely from his 91ÆÞÓÑ colleagues, expanding, sharpening, and refining their ideas and then adopting them himself."