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1 online resource (147 pages)
ISBN:
9783319544632
Series Statement:
SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice Ser. v.37
Content:
Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- 1 R.J. Rummel-A Multi-faceted Scholar -- 1.1 A Rummel Timeline -- 1.2 The Lone Ranger -- 1.3 The Critics -- 1.4 The Novelist and the Artist -- 1.5 Personal Recollections -- 1.6 A Final Assessment -- References -- 2 Dad -- 3 R.J. Rummel, Citizen Scholar: An Interview on the Occasion of His Retirement -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A Premature Retirement from Teaching -- 3.3 A Scientist's Explicit Reference to Values -- 3.4 The Interview, Part I: An Aversion -- 3.5 The Interview, Part II: An Affinity -- 3.6 The Interview, Part III: Science as a Profession -- 3.7 The Interview, Part IV: Worse than War -- 3.8 The Interview, Part V: A Liberal Education -- 3.9 The Interview, Part VI: Theory Informed, Data-driven Research -- 3.10 The Interview, Part VII: Lessons Learned -- Reference -- 4 Rummel as a Great Teacher -- 4.1 The Great Teacher -- 4.2 Rummel's Korean Students -- 4.3 My Own Work with Rummel -- 4.4 Freedom and Dignity -- 4.5 Rudy in Space -- Rummel's Work Published in Korea -- 5 Contextualizing Rummel's Field Theory -- 5.1 A Genealogical Preface -- 5.2 Field Theory Genealogy: Take-off Traces -- 5.3 Systems Thinking -- 5.4 Field Theories -- 5.5 Parallel Constructions -- 5.6 Implications and Possible Applications -- References -- 6 R.J. Rummel, Nuclear Superiority, and the Limits of Détente -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Rummel's Arguments -- 6.3 The Legacy of Peace Endangered -- References -- 7 Rummel's Unfinished Legacy: Reconciling Peace Research and Realpolitik -- 7.1 The Legacy -- 7.2 Russian Expansion in the Ukraine: A Realist View -- 7.3 Realism and the Capitalist Peace -- 7.4 Beyond Rummel: Dovish Realism -- 7.5 Rummel's Strategic Environment and Ours -- References -- 8 Understanding Conflict and War: An Overlooked Classic? -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 UCW: Structure and Main Themes.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783319544625
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783319544625
Language:
English
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