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

1. United States -- Foreign relation
2. Military weapons
3. World politics