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This chapter seeks to apply the cybernetic approach elaborated in the last chapter to an international environment of the past. If the cybernetic approach is useful, it should help improve our understanding of the past. Because we have a great amount of information about past events, the cybernetic approach can help us organize that information. The use of the cybernetic approach should also help us appreciate past events in relationship to current international conditions.
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Bryen, S.D. (1971). The Cybernetic Approach and the Past. In: The Application of Cybernetic Analysis to the Study of International Politics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-3005-2_3
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