Karl Wolfgang Deutsch (1912 - 1992) was a German-American social and political scientist. His work focused on the study of war and peace, nationalism, co-operation and communication. He is also well known for his interest in introducing quantitative methods and formal system analysis and model-thinking into the rather rhetorical field of political and social sciences, and is one of the most well known social scientists of the 20th century. Wikipedia
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