Rummel’s Unfinished Legacy: Reconciling Peace Research and Realpolitik
Journal: SpringerBriefs on pioneers in science and practice
Year: 2017

Rudy Rummel consistently was a bold and innovative scholar. In the 1960s, the field of international relations was still in the grip of contemporary and diplomatic historians or international lawyers. This did not satisfy him. He looked for a more scientific approach modeled on the natural sciences.