From the Introduction:

"The story of Hudson 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 Hudson Institute. His genius and vision shaped Hudson'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 Hudson as a one-man show, dependent on him for its ideas or survival. In fact, at Hudson 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 Hudson colleagues, expanding, sharpening, and refining their ideas and then adopting them himself."