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Kenneth Neal Waltz (; June 8, 1924 – May 12, 2013〔 〕) was an American political scientist who was a member of the faculty at both the University of California, Berkeley and Columbia University and one of the most prominent scholars in the field of international relations.〔Susan Peterson and Michael J. Tierney with Daniel Maliniak (August 2005). (Teaching and Research Practices, Views on the Discipline, and Policy Attitudes of International Relations Faculty at U.S. Colleges and Universities )〕 He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean War. Waltz was a founder of neorealism, or structural realism, in international relations theory. Waltz's theories have been extensively debated within the field of international relations. In 1981, Waltz published a monograph arguing that the proliferation of nuclear weapons would increase the probability of international peace.〔〔n.b. The monograph was ''The Spread of Nuclear Weapons''. Waltz developed this theory in later publications, including one that argued peace in the Middle East would be secured if Iran were to acquire nuclear capability.〕 Leslie H. Gelb has considered Waltz one of the "giants" who helped define the field of international relations as an academic discipline.〔 Columbia University colleague Robert Jervis has said of Waltz, "Almost everything he has written challenges the consensus that prevailed at the time"〔 and "Even when you disagree, he moves your thinking ahead."〔 ==Early life, education, and military service== Waltz was born on June 8, 1924, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.〔 He grew up and attended high school there. He then attended Oberlin College, where he started out majoring in mathematics.〔 That was interrupted to serve in the Army of the United States from 1944–46 during World War II, during which time he rose in rank from private to first lieutenant. He graduated from Oberlin with an A.B. degree in 1948,〔 having switched his major to economics.〔 He was a Phi Beta Kappa〔 and also named an Amos Miller Scholar. In 1949 he married Helen Elizabeth Lindsley,〔 known as "Huddie". They had three children together.〔 After attending Columbia University to obtain an upper graduate degree in economics, he switched to political science because political philosophy was more interesting to him. He received his M.A. degree from there in 1950.〔 He was an instructor at Oberlin for a while in 1950. A member of the Army Reserve, he was called upon to serve again during the Korean War,〔 which he did during 1951–52〔 as a first lieutenant. Returning to Columbia, he obtained his Ph.D. in 1954.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenneth Waltz」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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