Possony, Stefan Thomas, 1913-1995

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Name (Latin)
Possony, Stefan Thomas, 1913-1995
Other forms of name
Posonī, 1913-1995
Possony, Stefan Thomas, 1913-
Posonī, 1913-
Date of birth
1913-03-15
Date of death
1995-04-26
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 29575796
Wikidata: Q86177
Library of congress: n 50019810
Sources of Information
  • Deutsche Nationalbibliothek database, Aug. 16, 2011(hdg.: Possony, Stefan Thomas, 1913-1995; b. 1913; d. 1995 in Los Altos, Calif.; political scientist, prof. of intl. politics, Georgetown U., 1946-61)
  • Wikipedia, Nov. 22, 2024(Stefan Thomas Possony; b. Mar. 15, 1913 in Vienna, Austria; d. Apr. 26, 1995 in Los Altos, Calif.; Austrian-American economist, military strategist; senior fellow, Hoover Inst.)
  • His Die Wehrwirtschaft des totalen Krieges ... 1938.
  • His Konnichi no sensō, 1940:t.p. (Posonī)

Wikipedia description:

Stefan Thomas Possony (March 15, 1913 – April 26, 1995) was an Austrian-born US economist and military strategist and a Senior Fellow and director of International Studies at the Hoover Institution. Possony was an academic specialist in communism who studied their warfare strategies. According to his friend Jerry Pournelle, the United States would not have won the Cold War without Possony. He advocated for defense in the event of a nuclear attack, and thus conceived of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).

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