Hans Morgenthau
Overview
Politics Among Nations
Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace is a political sciences book by Hans Morgenthau published in 1948.The book introduces the concept of political realism, presenting a realist view of power politics. This concept played a major role in the foreign policy of the United States,...
, first published in 1948, went through many editions and was for decades the most-used textbook in its field in U.S. universities.
Quotations
International politics, like all politics, is a struggle for power.
Politics Among Nations (1948), p. 13
When we speak of power, we mean man's control over the minds and actions of other men.
Politics Among Nations (1948), p. 13
Political power is a psychological relation between those who exercise it and those over which it is exercised. It gives the former control over certain actions of the latter through the influence which the former exert over the latter's minds. That influence may be exerted through orders, threats, persuasion, or a combination of any of those.
Politics Among Nations (1948), p. 14