Kenneth N. Waltz
American political scientist
Kenneth N. Waltz was an American political scientist and a leading scholar of international relations. He was one of the original founders of neorealism.
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American Born 1924 in Ann Arbor, United States Died 2013
About Kenneth N. Waltz
Kenneth N. Waltz (1924 to 2013) was a member of the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, and at Columbia University. He served in both World War II and the Korean War. Waltz was among the original founders of neorealism, also called structural realism, and later became associated with defensive neorealism. His 1979 book Theory of International Politics is assigned more often than any other title in graduate international relations courses at US universities. Man, the State and War is also among his books.