Understanding Conflict & War Vol 1 The Dynamic Psychological Field R.J. Rummel

Description: UNDERSTANDING CONFLICT AND WAR VOLUME 1 THE DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGICAL FIELD Rudolph J. Rummel University of Hawaii SAGE Publications ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book is part of an ongoing attem to synthe size the empirical findings of the Dimensionality of Nations Project DON) and to clarif the assumptions underlying their theoretical framework. This enfort has been supported by both the National Science Foundation (Grant No. GS-35767) and the Advanced Research Projects Agency, Department of Defense (Contract Nos. N00014.62. A-0387-0003 and N00014-67-A-0387-0018); I gratefully acknowledge their continuing aid. Earlier drafts of this book evolved dialectically through the reading, criticisms, and suggestions of DON's staff, a seminar in political psychology in which I used a draft as a text, and critiques from colleagues. In particular, 1 am indebted to Professor Larry Alschuler, who read the whole manuscript carefully and critically, and saved me thereby from some embarrassing blunders; to Professor Sang-Woo Rhee, who, with his usual diligence and care, went through the separate drafts and provided me with helpful critiques; to Professor Raymond Cattell, who permitted me to exploit some of his unpublished material and who made many useful suggestions in a review of Part IV on motivation; and to Messrs. Chung-Si Ahn, Chang-Yoon Choi, Kook-Chin Kim, Omar Nassery, George Omen, Yong-Ok Park, Edward Schwerin, and Peter Sybinsky, who, as assistants on DON and members of my seminar on political psychology, gave me that kind of critical interaction essential to the growth of ideas. I wish to single out for special gratitude my wife, Grace, who edited two separate drafts and subsequently corrected the galley proofs. What clarity this book embodies owes much to her refusal to accept unnecessary jargon and opaque prose. And with appreciation, I acknowledge the help of my secretary, Mrs. Karen Pacheco, who, with unflagging good cheer and speed, transformed my illegible scrawls into precisely typed drafts. -R.J.R.

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