Researching Robert Jervis
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2301 people with the Jervis surname? In that year Jervis was ranked number 1664 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Jervis on Ancestry
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Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis (April 30, 1940 – December 9, 2021) was an American political scientist who was the Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, and was a member of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies in the School of International and Public Affairs. He was a member of the Columbia faculty from 1980 until his death in 2021. Jervis was co-editor of the Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, a series published by Cornell University Press.
According to the Open Syllabus Project, Jervis is the fourth most-frequently cited author on college syllabi for political science courses. According to Jack Snyder, "Jervis's body of thought can be categorized in terms of five interrelated themes: communication in strategic bargaining, perception and misperception in international politics, cooperation in anarchy, the nuclear revolution, and complex system effects and unintended consequences."
Source: Robert Jervis, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Jervis
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