When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions.

Great powers must be forever vigilant and never subordinate survival to any other goal, including prosperity.

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.

The most dangerous states in the international system are continental powers with large armies.

The Soviet Union and its empire disappeared in large part because its smokestack economy could no longer keep up with the technological progress of the world's major economic powers.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.