...assumption that advantage accrues to successful aggression, and that, as Admiral Mahan tells us, " It is vain to expect nations to act consistently from any motive other than that of interest. . . . And the predatory instinct that he should take who has the power survives." Now, whether it is...

...necessity of the moment. In 1908 (in "The Interest of America in International Conditions") he wrote: "It is as true now as when Washington penned the words,...consistently from any motive other than that of interest. . . . The study of interests — international interests — is the basis of sound, of provident policy...

...policy, he is swept from the stage by the indignant militarist, who says, like Admiral Mahan : — It is vain to expect nations to act consistently from any motive other than that of interest . . and the predatory instinct that he should take who can.' But, on the other hand, so soon as the...

...striking fashion. In 1908, in his "The Interest of America in International Conditions" he wrote : "It is as true now as when Washington penned the words,...consistently from any motive other than that of interest. That, under the name of Realism, is the frankly avowed motive of German statecraft. It follows from...

...account of the economic relations of nations. To illustrate, in 1908 Admiral Mahan wrote as follows: "It is as true now as when Washington penned the words,...consistently from any motive other than that of interest. The old predatory instinct, that he should take who has the power, still survives, and moral force...

...Correspondence of the American Revolution. Six volumes. Washington, 1889. CHAPTER III JAY'S TREATY, 1794 "It is as true now as when Washington penned the words,...consistently from any motive other than that of interest. ... It follows from this, directly, that the study of interests, is the one basis of sound and provident...

...instinct that he should take who has the power survives in industry and commerce as well as war. ... It is vain to expect nations to act consistently from any motive other than that of interest." Admiral Mahan, The Interest of America in International Conditions * (Boston, Little Brown, 1910),...

...previously Admiral Mahan had himself outlined the elements of international politics as follows : " It is as true now as when Washington penned the words,...nations to act consistently from any motive other than * North American Review^ March, 1912. that of interest. This under the name of Realism is the frankly...