pt. 1.Introduction: -- Elements of power politics: -- The art of the possible ; -- Great powers, small powers ; -- The balance of power ; -- Power, peace, and change -- pt. 2. Population and power: -- The biggest battalions -- Tomorrow's populations -- Population trends and power -- Not too many, not too few -- Power and population policy -- pt. 3. Raw materials and power: -- The hierarchy of raw materials -- Geography of coal and iron -- Geography of oil -- Substitutes -- Heartlands of heavy industry -- pt. 4. Organization and power: -- Economics of progress -- The burden of the past -- Trade and technology: the export of knowledge -- The industrial powers of 1970 -- pt. 5. World politics and power: -- American power in transition -- Alliances and the balance of power.