Preface to the Brief Edition
Preface to the Sixth Edition

PART ONE
Theory and Practice of International Polttics
1 A Reajist Tbeory of lnternational Politics
SIX PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL REALISM
2 The Science of International Politics
UNDERSTANDINC INTERNATIONAL POLITICS
Different Approaches
Limitations to Understanding
UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE

PART TWO
In,tern,ation,al Politics as a Struggle for Power
3 Political Power
WHAT IS POLITICAL POWER?
As Means to the Nation's Ends
Its Nature: Four Distinctions
THE DEP:RECIATION OF POLITICAL POWER
TWO ROOTS OF THE DEPRECIATION OF POLITICAL POWER
Nineteenth-Century Philosophy
The American Experience
THE SCIENCE OF PEACE: CONTEMPORARY UTOPIANISM
4 The Struggle for Power: Policy of the Status Quo
5 The Struggle for Power: Imperialism
WHAT IMPERIALISM IS NOT
ECONOMIC THEORIES OF IMPERIALISM
The Marxist, Liberal, and "Devil" Theories of Imperialism
Criticism of These Theories
DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMPERIALISM
Three Inducements to Imperialism
Victorious War
Lost War
Weakness
Three Goals of Imperialism
World E'mpire
Continental Empire
Local Preponderance
Three Methods of Imperialism
Military Imperialism
Economic Imperialism
Cultural Imperialism
HOW TO DETECT AND COUNTER AN IMPERIALISTIC POLICY
The Problem of Policy: Containment, Appeasement, Fear
The Problem of Detection
6 The Struggle for Power: Policy of Prestige
DIPLOMATIC CEREMONIAL
DISPLAY OF MILITARY FORCE
TWO OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY OF PRESTIGE
THREE CORRUPTIONS OF THE POLICY OF PRESTIGE
7 The Ideological Element in International Policies
THE NATURE OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES
TYPICAL IDEOLOGIES OF FOREIGN POLICIES
ideologies of the Status Quo
Ideologies of Imperialism
Ambiguous Ideologies
THE PROBLEM OF RECOGNITION

PART THREE
National Power
8 The Essence of National Power
WHAT IS NATIONAL POWER?
ROOTS OF MODERN NATIONALISM
Retreat from Nationalism: Apparent and Real
Personal Insecurity and Social Disintegration
9 Elements of National Power
GEOGRAPHY
NATURAL RESOURCES
Food
Raw Materials
The Power of Oil
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PART FOUR
Limitations of National Power: The Balance of Power
PART FIYE
Limitations of National Power: International Morality and World Public Opinion
PART SIX
Limitations of National Power: International Law
PART SEVEN
International Politics in the Con,temporary World
PART EIGHT
The Problem of Peace: Peace through Limitation,
PART NINE
The Problem of Peace: Peace through Tran,sformation
PART TEN
The Problem of Peace: Peace through Accommodation,
Historical Glossary
Index